"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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But Mike gets dropped sats even without keying the mic and with all
electrics off. That can't be totally EMI. It has to be a bad 396 because
his other two old faithfuls hung in there throughout the flight.

All the electrics are off except the magnetos. I suppose the spark at the
mag points and the spark plugs could be generating EMI that affects the 396,
especially if a shield to one of the plugs is broken so that the return path
takes a route in the airframe that is close to the 396 antenna...... But
I'm really grasping at straws here.

John Severyn
@KLVK