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New Garmin combined radio and GPS
Can anyone tell me if the new Garmin radio/gps combo works well in a
cockpit? It looks like a very useful bit of kit for emergency use and it's a good price but I'd like to know if the built in antenna would work well in a cockpit. Cheers |
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New Garmin combined radio and GPS
"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
m... More_Flaps wrote: Can anyone tell me if the new Garmin radio/gps combo works well in a cockpit? It looks like a very useful bit of kit for emergency use and it's a good price but I'd like to know if the built in antenna would work well in a cockpit. Cheers Which Garmin would that be? They make several products. They used to sell a GPS190 combo transceiver/GPS but I don't believe it sold that well (although I was able to sell mine quite easily). Marco |
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On Aug 12, 9:23*am, Gig 601Xl Builder
wrote: More_Flaps wrote: Can anyone tell me if the new Garmin radio/gps combo works well in a cockpit? It looks like a very useful bit of kit for emergency use and it's a good price but I'd like to know if the built in antenna would work well in a cockpit. Cheers Which Garmin would that be? They make several products. The Rino series, but my question is more about how well built in GPS antennas work in the cockpit. Cheers |
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New Garmin combined radio and GPS
Marco Leon wrote:
"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message m... More_Flaps wrote: Can anyone tell me if the new Garmin radio/gps combo works well in a cockpit? It looks like a very useful bit of kit for emergency use and it's a good price but I'd like to know if the built in antenna would work well in a cockpit. Cheers Which Garmin would that be? They make several products. They used to sell a GPS190 combo transceiver/GPS but I don't believe it sold that well (although I was able to sell mine quite easily). Marco 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. |
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More_Flaps wrote:
On Aug 12, 9:23 am, Gig 601Xl Builder wrote: More_Flaps wrote: Can anyone tell me if the new Garmin radio/gps combo works well in a cockpit? It looks like a very useful bit of kit for emergency use and it's a good price but I'd like to know if the built in antenna would work well in a cockpit. Cheers Which Garmin would that be? They make several products. The Rino series, but my question is more about how well built in GPS antennas work in the cockpit. Cheers Depends on the cockpit. I played with one of the 120 a couple of months back and the GPS was on par with any of the other non-aviation handheld Garmin makes. |
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New Garmin combined radio and GPS
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. Dave |
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"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
m... 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 and 2) that "radio" meant "transceiver." Who knows, maybe he saw a 430/530 WAAS ad for the first time. Marco |
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New Garmin combined radio and GPS
Marco Leon wrote:
"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message m... 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 and 2) that "radio" meant "transceiver." Who knows, maybe he saw a 430/530 WAAS ad for the first time. Marco Marco, considering who the OP was it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he had never seen an ad for a 430. |
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New Garmin combined radio and GPS
On Aug 13, 8:03*am, Gig 601Xl Builder
wrote: Marco Leon wrote: "Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message om... 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 and 2) that "radio" meant "transceiver." Who knows, maybe he saw a 430/530 WAAS ad for the first time. Marco Marco, considering who the OP was it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he had never seen an ad for a 430. The problem reallly resides in your limited imagination. Cheers |
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New Garmin combined radio and GPS
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 |
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