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In my previous posts, I described what appeared to be random signal lock
losses with my new 396. Changing everything did not help. I got the dealer to swap the unit with a new one and I upgraded the software to the latest level. It appeared to work well for over 2 months, however, it started fritzing out again the other day. This time, moving the GPS antenna DID make dramatic differences. So, I was content on knowing that shifting the antenna back a few inches when it went out to lunch would make it spring back to life. However, I had read that certain nav/com freqs (even just receiving) would give the thing fits. I already knew that constantly transmitting on 123.0 would hack the GPS signal to zero after 6-8 seconds of transmitting. But today, I discovered that simply tuning to 109.5 to view one of the the local runway's ILS would almost immediately lose all sats. Zero. As soon as I switched to some other freq, bingo. Immediate solid reception. My #1 Nav/Com is a Narco Mk12D. Others have reported these radios giving certain GPS receivers fits. It tried my #2 Narco (Nav 122) and it did not appear to affect the GPS that much if at all. Both navs receive from the same antenna with a splitter on it. So now what? Some suggested that the Narco nav/coms were not properly shielded. While others speculated that the interference is coming straight from the antennas for the nav/com. How do I shield the box in the stack or the GPS antenna to see if it makes a difference? What material(s) will work? Thanks, Mike |
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