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Old 14th May 2003, 20:44
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You should use an external GPS antenna (aerial) - even if it is only the one which attaches with a suction cup to the unside top of the windscreen. The built-in antennas on Garmins are often marginal in an all-metal plane.

I have twice had GPS signal loss, lasting about 20 secs, in a very specific place in the South East, with a Bendix/King handheld. Presumably there is a powerful transmitter there which saturates the GPS receiver. But never seen it with a KLN94 with a proper rooftop antenna.

When you look at the ease with which you can become "uncertain of position", a GPS is far more reliable than any other way of navigating.
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