Aerial position

[karlbown]

Two daft questions.

Firstly what are the two aerials? Is one GPS, or is that just the little dongle?

Secondly, how important is positioning of the aerials?

Do they both have to be vertical for example?

Thanks in advance

Karl

[AlanG]

Hi Karl

Can I refer you to the http://www.pilotaware.com/documents/ web pages where you will find an extensive amount of information specifically gathered together for the benefit of new users.  if you fail yo find the answer to your questions I'm sure forum members will be only too willing to assist you.  You'll probably find the answers to questions you haven't even thought of yet.

Regards
Alan

[Paul_Sengupta]

The GPS antenna is contained within the dongle.

The thin antenna is for transponders and is receive only. It should be vertical and with a clear view of the sky, though in practice transponders tend to be quite powerful and thus it doesn't matter a huge amount. This antenna can be cut down to a specific length if you want to make it shorter but I'd have to look up or work out the length.

The thick antenna is the P3i antenna and is transmit and receive. It should be clear of any other metal objects, it should be vertical, and it should have as clear view of the sky as possible.

[karlbown]

Cheers Paul