New Garmin combined radio and GPS

On Aug 12, 10:48*am, Dave wrote:
I assume that you mean the GPS receiver side of the unit (rather than
the FRS/GMRS 2-way radio). I'd guess that the performance would leave
something to be desired. But then that is
dependent on the type of airplane. I fly a Cessna high wing, and would
never be witthout an external antenna for my GPS. No doubt the built-
in antenna would work fine under a bubble
canopy. While on the subject, I'd also comment that trying to make a
non-aviation GPS serve any useful purpose in the cockpit is difficult.
Certainly it is possible to do so - but it's a lot
of work.

OK, tanks. The combo has no external antenna socket so I'll assume it
will not work well in the cockpit... Pity really as it is a good
price.

Cheers

"Dave" wrote in message
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I assume that you mean the GPS receiver side of the unit (rather than
the FRS/GMRS 2-way radio). I'd guess that the performance would leave
something to be desired. But then that is
dependent on the type of airplane. I fly a Cessna high wing, and would
never be witthout an external antenna for my GPS. No doubt the built-
in antenna would work fine under a bubble
canopy. While on the subject, I'd also comment that trying to make a
non-aviation GPS serve any useful purpose in the cockpit is difficult.
Certainly it is possible to do so - but it's a lot
of work.

Some models work better than others. I had a yoke mounted Lowrance (in a
high wing) that would simply not work at all without using the external
antenna, however the 496 mounted in the same spot works reasonably well.
The problem you run into is if you make a turn, the signal may be lost
because the tracked satellites are now being blocked by the airplane, but
the 496 seems to recover pretty quickly.

Mounting location is also important. I know folks who have their Garmins
mounted above the radio stack and others who use the suction cup mount on
the front window where it wraps around the side, all on high wings and have
no problems using the attached antenna. I suspect the Garmins may acquire
new satellites a bit quicker than most.

More_Flaps wrote:
On Aug 13, 4:52 am, "Marco Leon" wrote:
"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in messagenews:1JKdnSPZZZ2TLz3VnZ2dnUVZ_t_inZ2d@super news.com...

Well they make many items that could be considered radio/gps combos,
including the 496, 396, 430, and 530 and I'd have to answer that yes those
work well in airplanes.
Yeah, I kind of made a couple of assumptions the 1) that he was referring
to a portable unit

Correct

and 2) that "radio" meant "transceiver."

correct.

Who knows, maybe
he saw a 430/530 WAAS ad for the first time.

Nope, they on't have built in antennas do they?

Cheers


But Flaps, In the original message you didn't specify built in antennas.