Garmin 396 'installation' in the Maule

Maule Driver wrote:
Further testing shows the floor doesn't work. Back to the tubing crotch.

Try putting it high behind the rear bulkhead. You'll be able to get it out
easily, but it might work better there. Michelle has her ELT back there. If it
works well, you could screw a metal plate onto the rear bulkhead (above the
removable part) and attach it to that with the magnet.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

Well, I ended up with it in the overhead crotch. I might stay with that
awhile until I figure out how much I'll want to remove it for land use.

Turns out that it can easily and securely be popped in and out right
thru one of the the headliner zippers and I just let the cable hang. OK
for now.

I'll have to write a trip report for the weekend. What a machine!!

George Patterson wrote:
Maule Driver wrote:

Further testing shows the floor doesn't work. Back to the tubing crotch.


Try putting it high behind the rear bulkhead. You'll be able to get it
out easily, but it might work better there. Michelle has her ELT back
there. If it works well, you could screw a metal plate onto the rear
bulkhead (above the removable part) and attach it to that with the magnet.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

Maule Driver wrote:
Well, I ended up with it in the overhead crotch. I might stay with that
awhile until I figure out how much I'll want to remove it for land use.

You might consider buying another antenna for land use. IIRC, the price is about
$240.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

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George Patterson wrote:

Maule Driver wrote:
Well, I ended up with it in the overhead crotch. I might stay with that
awhile until I figure out how much I'll want to remove it for land use.

You might consider buying another antenna for land use. IIRC, the price is
about
$240.


There's a catch: The 396 XM antenna is also the XM receiver. XM will
only allow one receiver to be assigned to each subscription.


JKG

I guessed that was the case.

Jonathan Goodish wrote:
There's a catch: The 396 XM antenna is also the XM receiver. XM will
only allow one receiver to be assigned to each subscription.

In article ,
Maule Driver wrote:
I guessed that was the case.

Jonathan Goodish wrote:
There's a catch: The 396 XM antenna is also the XM receiver. XM will
only allow one receiver to be assigned to each subscription.

It's a shame that they couldn't get the GPS antenna in the same package
with the XM antenna/receiver. It seems to me that unless you mount it
on the yoke and keep it there (i.e. don't move it to your lap), you're
likely to lose GPS sats unless you're using the external GPS
antenna--which is another wire. Same story in the car.

One question: Do you guys protect the screen lens with anything, like a
PDA screen protector? Or is it pretty resistant to scratching?


JKG

In article ,
Jonathan Goodish wrote:

In article ,
Maule Driver wrote:
I guessed that was the case.

Jonathan Goodish wrote:
There's a catch: The 396 XM antenna is also the XM receiver. XM will
only allow one receiver to be assigned to each subscription.

It's a shame that they couldn't get the GPS antenna in the same package
with the XM antenna/receiver. It seems to me that unless you mount it
on the yoke and keep it there (i.e. don't move it to your lap), you're
likely to lose GPS sats unless you're using the external GPS
antenna--which is another wire. Same story in the car.

One question: Do you guys protect the screen lens with anything, like a
PDA screen protector? Or is it pretty resistant to scratching?

I do on my 195.