Originally Posted by Jonty
Carnt get mine to work on the flight deck of a B757. Been told its the heated windows.
My trusty old GPS100 (the very first Garmin/Pronav) worked just fine out of our good old Caravelle, mounted with velcro on the dashboard and later installed just below the overhead.
I had a Pilot 3 with me once on a jump seat ride, it would not work through the windshield but worked just fine when held next to one of the rear side windows. Might be a tad uncomfortable but a sight better than landing in the middle of nowhere. And no, we did not experience any problems with nav equipment whatsoever (A330-200). Also, they definitly work through the pax windows, but it might be a tad embarrassing...
Portable coms however have not much of a chance out of an airliner cockpit. We tried...
Best regards
AN2 driver.