Database update for Foster LRN-500 loran?

Anyone know if I can get a database update for a Foster500
Loran, and if so where from and how much it costs? I
wouldn't bother except my autopilot is connected to it, and
the existing database is old enough that some of the airport
ID's have changed for ICAO, and one or two VORs have been
physically moved (Bradley, for example). BF Goodrich used
to do the updates, I got one from them in 1996, but they
have since sold their avionics unit to L3, and so far have
not found anyone that knows about database updates.

Even better would be technical details on the database
cartridge format and what the eprom in it is so that perhaps
I could update it if it is no longer supported.

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--Ray Andraka, P.E.
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"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little
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Franklin, 1759

Ray Andraka wrote:
: Anyone know if I can get a database update for a Foster500
: Loran, and if so where from and how much it costs? I
: wouldn't bother except my autopilot is connected to it, and

Ray, a friend of mine had the same issues, and he ended up getting a used
Apollo Loran. I don't know which one. It's much easier to use than the
Foster unit. Switching out a Loran is a piece of cake. The radio shop at
KWST did it for about $100. His total cost was about $200.

As an aside, I think Integrity @ WST has a few Foster lorans of various
types. Perhaps he's got one with newer mods or database.

--
Aaron Coolidge (N9376J)

Thanks. Integrity is swapping out my Nav 11 for a Nav 122 that I previously
took out and got repaired on the 15th. I'll ask them about the Loran. I had
previously asked VIP about installing a used Loran, but they didn't seem
interested unless I bought it from them.

Aaron Coolidge wrote:

Ray Andraka wrote:
: Anyone know if I can get a database update for a Foster500
: Loran, and if so where from and how much it costs? I
: wouldn't bother except my autopilot is connected to it, and

Ray, a friend of mine had the same issues, and he ended up getting a used
Apollo Loran. I don't know which one. It's much easier to use than the
Foster unit. Switching out a Loran is a piece of cake. The radio shop at
KWST did it for about $100. His total cost was about $200.

As an aside, I think Integrity @ WST has a few Foster lorans of various
types. Perhaps he's got one with newer mods or database.

--
Aaron Coolidge (N9376J)

--
--Ray Andraka, P.E.
President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc.
401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950
email
http://www.andraka.com

"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, 1759