Powerflarm transmit antenna defect

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 5:55:11 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I have very poor forward performance from my powerflarm, who could I send photos of the install and range analysis image to get some suggestions?

In the mean time I should test the flarm antenna if i can figure out the correct procedure.

Chris

1. Is the firmware the most recent (6.06)?
2. Are your antennas vertical when in flight?
3. Did you follow the antenna separation criteria in the manual?
4. Is the PowerFLARM GPS antenna at least 12" from the other GPS antennas in your system?
5. Are the connectors correct (RPSMA to FLARM A, SMA to ADS-B)?
6. Are the connectors tight?
7. Have you swapped your antennas from a known good installation set to see if the problem is with them? Do your antennas work in a known good installation?
8. Are your antennas on the glareshield or elsewhere? See PowerFLARM application note rf antennas on cumulus soaring website.
9. When you do the RF analysis, how many flarm/flarm interactions are you seeing? Are their installations good (i.e., do they have good RF analysis charts)?
10. Is your glider carbon fibre, glass, metal, wood?
11. Have you shortened your cables to the antenna or GPS? Are the antenna wires near any wires which carry large current?
12. Is there any metal object forward of your FLARM A antenna (eg., compass)?
13. If you are grandfathered, have you installed a FLARM B antenna? What were the results?