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July 18th 06, 05:42 AM
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Gilsson antenna for GPSMAP 396..
I am toying with the idea of getting an aftermarket Gilsson antenna for
my GPSMAP 396 from www.gpsgeek.com. Has anyone had any expereince with Gilsson antennas for aviation use? Supposedly they have better gain than the Garmin units. --Dan 
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July 18th 06, 10:52 PM
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Gilsson antenna for GPSMAP 396..
"Dan" wrote in message oups.com... I am toying with the idea of getting an aftermarket Gilsson antenna for my GPSMAP 396 from www.gpsgeek.com. Has anyone had any expereince with Gilsson antennas for aviation use? Supposedly they have better gain than the Garmin units. --Dan Hell it's on sale for $20. Try it out, if no improvement dump it on eBay, maybe make a couple of bucks.
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July 19th 06, 01:12 AM
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Gilsson antenna for GPSMAP 396..
On 17 Jul 2006 21:42:24 -0700, "Dan" wrote:
I am toying with the idea of getting an aftermarket Gilsson antenna for my GPSMAP 396 from www.gpsgeek.com. Has anyone had any expereince with Gilsson antennas for aviation use? Supposedly they have better gain than the Garmin units. Curious why you feel the need to replace the stock Garmin antenna. Does the 396 have reception issues? For comparison, I have a GPSMAP 295, and am very happy with the performance of the external antenna sandwiched in the corner of my dash. In 4+ years of flying with the 295, I think I have lost sat reception a few times, certainly less than 5. I blame those outages on the fact my antenna is not mounted horizontal (it is canted slightly following the curve of the glareshield) - which results in less sky viewed by the antenna. -Nathan
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July 19th 06, 06:22 AM
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Gilsson antenna for GPSMAP 396..
Dan wrote:
I am toying with the idea of getting an aftermarket Gilsson antenna for my GPSMAP 396 from www.gpsgeek.com. Has anyone had any expereince with Gilsson antennas for aviation use? Supposedly they have better gain than the Garmin units. No idea for aviation purposes but I have a few for my Garmin V automobile GPS (one semi-permanently installed in my car, and then another for when I travel). All work very well. A million times better than the standard one that came with the Garmin V. Not sure if the one you plan on getting has magnets but they are removable from the antennas I got.
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