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Old January 27th 13, 09:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Richard[_9_]
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Default Shortening PowerFLARM Brick Antenna and GPS cables

On Sunday, January 27, 2013 10:25:41 AM UTC-8, kirk.stant wrote:
On Thursday, September 13, 2012 3:34:16 PM UTC-5, kirk.stant wrote: As anyone who has one can testify, the cables on the dipole and GPS antennas that come with a PowerFLARM Brick are absurdly long - you could almost mount the GPS puck on your tail! Has anyone any experience in shortening these cables and reattaching the connectors, or is there anyone out there who can do this for a reasonable fee? Kirk 66


The antennas have a crimp connector so it would be hard to remove and reattach the connectors but it may be possible. The GPS end is usually molded so that would be a problem.

http://www.craggyaero.com/cables_&_antennas.htm

Craggy Aero has GPS antennas with a variety of cable lenghts.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com