396 Magnet No More

Elliott,

I did not know that the GX30 was missing the magnets until I took it
apart. The GX30 antenna is quite heavy (compared to the GPS antenna) os
I thought or sure that the magnets were in there. I was quite suprised
that they were gone.

In hindsight I should have put a piece of steel by the antenna to see if
it was magnetized. Live and learn I guess. No harm no foul... I was able
to put the thing back together where no one could tell I had been in
there.

JK

wrote:
On 18-Aug-2006, Jon Kraus wrote:


Imaging my suprise (and delight) when there were no magnets to remove!!



Jon, were you able to determine that there were no magnets BEFORE you
performed the surgery? Is it your understanding that the magnetless
configuration is now standard on GX30 antennas?

The idea of putting magnets in a device intended (or at least likely) to be
placed atop an aircraft glareshield (and invariably in close proximity to
the wet compass) has to be put in the category of "what were they thinking?"


-Elliott Drucker