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Garmin 530 WAAS upgrade - what's involved?
It's true. I was at the AOPA convention at Palm Springs and talked
with the Garmin rep. The antenna is replaced to upgrade to WAAS and included in the $1500 price. I have a homebuilt Glasair so replacing the antenna won't be any problem or added shop expense since I do it myself. Of course it will be convenient if it has the same footprint as the old one. When the first announced their much delayed WAAS upgrade program, you had to pre-sign-up with a shop to get the $1500 price. But now it seems they are just giving it to everyone. Ron Lee wrote: Ron Natalie wrote: John R. Copeland wrote: Antenna replaced? If it's broken, maybe. Nothing in the upgrade itself would require that. And if the cable works OK before the upgrade, it'll work OK afterward. While the WAAS satellites use the same (L1) frequencies as the others..rumor has it that the existing antennas Garmin sold with the 530/430 have a hard time seeing low enough on the horizon to meet the C146a specs. I find that hard to believe. Do you know the elevation angle requirement? I will check how low it picks up soon. Ron Lee |
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Garmin 530 WAAS upgrade - what's involved?
"Glasair" wrote:
When the first announced their much delayed WAAS upgrade program, you had to pre-sign-up with a shop to get the $1500 price. But now it seems they are just giving it to everyone. I called Garmin about this last week and that was what I was told. Ron Lee |
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Garmin 530 WAAS upgrade - what's involved?
What did Garmin tell you Ron ? Roy "Ron Lee" wrote in message ... "Glasair" wrote: When the first announced their much delayed WAAS upgrade program, you had to pre-sign-up with a shop to get the $1500 price. But now it seems they are just giving it to everyone. I called Garmin about this last week and that was what I was told. Ron Lee |
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Garmin 530 WAAS upgrade - what's involved?
Glasair wrote:
It's true. I was at the AOPA convention at Palm Springs and talked with the Garmin rep. Garmin is still offering the 1500 price I believe. The list price of the -W version of the units by the way is exactly $1500 higher than the non-W version as well. |
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Garmin 530 WAAS upgrade - what's involved?
Ron Lee wrote: Ron Natalie wrote: John R. Copeland wrote: Antenna replaced? If it's broken, maybe. Nothing in the upgrade itself would require that. And if the cable works OK before the upgrade, it'll work OK afterward. While the WAAS satellites use the same (L1) frequencies as the others..rumor has it that the existing antennas Garmin sold with the 530/430 have a hard time seeing low enough on the horizon to meet the C146a specs. I find that hard to believe. Do you know the elevation angle requirement? I will check how low it picks up soon. Ron, As you know, the MOPS has gone through several revs, but my copy of DO-229A specifies 10.-deg. They've released 229D and I believe it hadn't changed between C and D, but the mask angle is now 5.-deg. As an aside, remember the issues with some of the early 129 boxes? As I recall, there was no specific requirement for any particular mask angle. 7.5-deg (then 5.0-deg in a later version) was the recommended value. Basically, as long as the rcvr. manuf. could prove that Integrity was being maintained, it didn't really matter what mask angle was chosen... But it did/does. Effects such as local multipath come into play at the low angles. When examining the Availbility/Integrity tradespace, those on the conservative side would rather take the Availability hit in order to maintain Integrity. Conservative in this context meaning 'safe' as opposed to Right Wing Ron Lee Regards, Jon |
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Garmin 530 WAAS upgrade - what's involved?
"Roy N5804F" wrote:
What did Garmin tell you Ron ? Roy That the $1500 price is independent of having to be registered for the upgrade last year. If you registered....$1500. If you did not.... $1500 Ron Lee |
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Garmin 530 WAAS upgrade - what's involved?
Ron Lee wrote:
That the $1500 price is independent of having to be registered for the upgrade last year. If you registered....$1500. If you did not.... $1500 Maybe those of us who registered will get a free coffee mug or something. -- Peter |
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Garmin 530 WAAS upgrade - what's involved?
Frank Stutzman wrote:
Indeed. Garmin has had my $1,500 for, what?, two years? Nice of me to give them an intrest free loan. The least they could do is give me some $.99 marketing gimcrack. You actually paid when you registered for the upgrade? That was not a requirement to register. -- Peter |
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Garmin 530 WAAS upgrade - what's involved?
-----Original Message----- From: Frank Stutzman ] Posted At: Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:08 PM Posted To: rec.aviation.ifr Conversation: Garmin 530 WAAS upgrade - what's involved? Subject: Garmin 530 WAAS upgrade - what's involved? .... Indeed. Garmin has had my $1,500 for, what?, two years? Nice of me to give them an intrest free loan. The least they could do is give me some $.99 marketing gimcrack. -- Frank Stutzman Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl" Hood River, OR What will you bet that you have to pay $7.95 postage and handling? |
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Garmin 530 WAAS upgrade - what's involved?
Peter R. wrote:
Ron Lee wrote: That the $1500 price is independent of having to be registered for the upgrade last year. If you registered....$1500. If you did not.... $1500 Maybe those of us who registered will get a free coffee mug or something. Indeed. Garmin has had my $1,500 for, what?, two years? Nice of me to give them an intrest free loan. The least they could do is give me some $.99 marketing gimcrack. -- Frank Stutzman Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl" Hood River, OR |
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