"Russ and/or Martha Oppenheim" wrote in message
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I have a Garmin 296 which I use in rented C152s and C172s. I don't use an
outside antenna. I just put the GPS receiver on the dash of the aiplane
(on
a beanbag mount, which is temporary and works great) and use the little
antenna on the GPS receiver. It works fine. I've never had any problems
with reception.
Martha

Thanks Martha, thats very useful to know, perhaps in hindsight the problem I
had with the magellan was I just had it sitting on the pax seat ( which was
always fine in the warrior) perhaps if I put it on the dash in the cessna it
would be OK. I have decided to go for a garmin 96C anyway because I want
the aviation data base.
terry