On Jul 11, 8:35*am, Sven wrote:
On Jul 10, 6:53*pm, Darryl Ramm wrote:









On Jul 10, 4:58*am, Stephen wrote:

Hello, if you have or used to have a 302, did it ever quit receiving
GPS satellites? My 302 will not receive and does not display any
satellite bars on the home screen. I have tried a different antenna
and still no joy. *I'm thinking it is a send to the factory problem..
Does anyone have comments or suggestions to correct this problem?

*Thanks Stephen

If you've tried to test it with a know good antenna and it does not
work at all (no bars) then you need to send it to the factory. It is
not unheard of to have the GPS board fail or have a physical
connection problem inside the 302. I had one new one DOA like this and
it was just a mechanical connection issue.

Darryl

Stephen
I have experienced the same problem in my last two flights - about one
hour into the flight i lose the satelites and satelite bars -
switching off and back on has no effect. After the first failure, and
back on the ground, i tightened the gps antenna connector and voila,
the gps is back on. The next flight, however, one hour into the
flight, i lose everything again. On advice of Paul Bremde and Jeff
Bennett (Cambridge) i have ordered a new antenna (it is on its way to
me). They have both advised that gps antennas should not be placed
close together (mine are not) and that the flarm radio antenna should
also not be close to the 302 gps antenna (which it is - i'll change
that). I shall report back after rectifiying and replacing.
Sven Olivier (Cape Town South Africa)



Hi
I had the same problem as Sven on my Duo which had 2 independent
302. The GPS connector at the back of the Unit is suspect. If you
over-
tighten the nut the retention ring on the cable gets damaged and in
some cases is able to slip out. I removed both the retention nuts
and used some tape to hold the cables in place. Another suggestion
was to use Hotmelt glue to do this.
Bruno