In rec.aviation.misc Dave S wrote:
Ooops. Only looked at pic number 1, not the ones showing the sat
reception. Only time I've had a slow position computation is when the
unit has been powered down for a LONG (weeks to months) time. Takes up
to 15 mins for it to "find itself" while remaining still.

An intermittent connection on the internal battery (there is a small
watch battery on the board inside - at least the KLN-89/B does) to keep
last known position and user waypoints stored. You didn't have any
error/hardware error messages on startup?

That would be a pretty big watch. The battery in my 89/B is about the
size of a AA. I think it lasted about 8 years before failing. It gave
warnings before it died though. The battery is soldered to the circuit
board, so I think if it had been working and isn't now, it's either
dead, or the wire has broken somehow.

Dave

Dave S wrote:
I have seen that indication when the antenna did not have a clear view
of the sky.

The installed aircraft was an EADS/Socata TB-9 with gull wing doors.
Coming out of the pad, the pilot's door when up (as it was in the
summer) would obscure much of the sky and not allow the GPS to get a
position. Resolved by removing the blockage by repositioning the plane
or lowering the door. The antenna in this case was on the roof of the
cabin between the two gull-wing-doors.

Peter wrote:

http://www.peter2000.co.uk/aviation/kln94-failure/

This unit has been working perfectly for four years, and works fine
now.


Peter.
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