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n277dl
Joined: 28 May 2007
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Location: Muscatine IA
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 Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:19 pm Post subject: XM weather antenna location |
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working on wiring and placing everything on the sub-panels for the AFS systems.
Question... where to mount the XM weather antenna. On the -7A I mounted the 430 antenna under the cowling and have had zero problems with reception. However, after following the recent discussion here , I do plan to mount the 430 gps antenna outside on top of the cabin because of WAAS. I have xm on the 396 but I've never really mounted the antenna.... just left it on the glareshield.
So... where have you been successful in mounting both the xm antenna and also the gps antenna that can be purchased from AFS (or even more important, not been successful  )
Thanks,
Doug
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dmaib@me.com
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Location: New Smyrna Beach, Florida
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| Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:39 pm Post subject: XM weather antenna location |
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I mounted my WSI/Sirius antenna on the glareshield and it has worked
quite well. I don't know for sure, but I think others have had good
luck with XM antennas on the glareshield as well.
David Maib
40559
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things
you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."
-Mark Twain
On Jun 14, 2009, at 10:19 PM, n277dl wrote:
Group...
working on wiring and placing everything on the sub-panels for
the AFS systems.
Question... where to mount the XM weather antenna. On the -7A I
mounted the 430 antenna under the cowling and have had zero problems
with reception. However, after following the recent discussion
here , I do plan to mount the 430 gps antenna outside on top of the
cabin because of WAAS. I have xm on the 396 but I've never really
mounted the antenna.... just left it on the glareshield.
So... where have you been successful in mounting both the xm antenna
and also the gps antenna that can be purchased from AFS (or even more
important, not been successful )
Thanks,
Doug
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Doug
"Fools" are always more creative than process people and
will always find ways to ruin a perfectly good set of processes.
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AirMike
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Location: Nevada
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jesse(at)saintaviation.co
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:12 am Post subject: XM weather antenna location |
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Actually, the subscription is tied to the receiver, not the antenna.
In the case of the X96 by Garmin, the receiver is inside the puck with
the antenna. For the AFS, this is not the case.
Bracing for the flaming, the xm signal seems more robust than the GPS
signal from my experience working inside a hangar or office, so under
the cowl is probably not going to give you problems if you put other
backup antennae there as well.
Do not archive
Jesse Saint
Saint Aviation
jesse(at)saintaviation.com
352-427-0285
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On Jun 15, 2009, at 3:33 AM, "AirMike" <Mikeabel(at)Pacbell.net> wrote:
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I saw several at OSH last year mounted on the dash panel.
Note - be sure to make it removable. Your subscription is tied to
the exact antenna that you register, so if you want to use it remote
or at home make it removable..... 
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