Albert Gardner
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 455
Location: Yuma, AZ
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 Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject: APRS Installation |
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I put mine in the wingtip also. Powered from the Nav lights as it was
convenient and controllable without running an extra circuit. Figured I'd
always want it on at night. I used the MicroTrak 8000FA from Byonics.com and
it works good. GPS antenna is RTV'd into the wingtip trailing edge and the
transmitter was fitted into a piece of AL bent up at the ends. The DB9
connector was bolted onto one end and the coax supports the other end
through a grommet. I used the access cover kit that Van's supplies for the
stall warning switch and put a BNC bulkhead connector on the cover with the
2 meter rubber duck antenna mounted there. With the cover removed, enough of
the DB9 connecter is exposed so you can change programming without removing
the unit from the wing although it is only held on by 2 screws one of which
is a cover screw.
Albert Gardner
Yuma, AZ
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