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1. 07:15 AM - Re: gps and alternator. (Ernest Christley)
2. 11:52 AM - Re: WIFI Repeater/Booster Options For My Remote Steel Hangar??? (Robert Borger)
3. 12:00 PM - Re: WIFI Repeater/Booster Options For My Remote Steel Hangar??? (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
4. 12:17 PM - Re: WIFI Repeater/Booster Options For My Remote Steel Hangar??? (William Hunter)
5. 03:29 PM - Re: WIFI Repeater/Booster Options For My Remote Steel Hangar??? (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
6. 04:35 PM - Re: Am I creating a Ground Loop? (speedy11@aol.com)
7. 04:44 PM - Re: gps and alternator. (FLYaDIVE)
8. 05:16 PM - Re: gps and alternator. (Alec Myers)
9. 05:18 PM - Re: gps and alternator. (JohnInReno)
10. 05:30 PM - Re: Re: gps and alternator. (Kelly McMullen)
11. 05:38 PM - Re: gps and alternator. (Ken Ryan)
12. 06:41 PM - Re: gps and alternator. (Charlie England)
13. 07:05 PM - Re: gps and alternator. (Alec Myers)
14. 07:41 PM - How to Wire My Alternator (Art Zemon)
15. 08:27 PM - Re: How to Wire My Alternator (Charlie England)
16. 08:43 PM - Troubleshooting open squelch (Rick Beebe)
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| Subject: | Re: gps and alternator. |
A fiberglass cowling is practically transparent to GPS signals.
On Saturday, June 2, 2018 5:13 PM, Alec Myers <alec@alecmyers.com> wrot
e:
But a GPS antenna needs a good view of the sky. They=99re usually mo
unted on top of the aircraft, not under it.
On Jun 2, 2018, at 16:21, bob noffs <icubob@gmail.com> wrote:
thanks, good news ernest.
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On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net> wrote
:
The frequency that GPS works at is so far above anything the alternator pro
duces, I can't imagine them ever being able to cross talk.
On Saturday, June 2, 2018 8:56 AM, bobnoffs <icubob@gmail.com> wrote:
hi all,
i have a really easy place to mount my gps antennas under the cowl but the
y would be within 4' of the alternator. will i be asking for trouble?
thanks,
bob noffs
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| Subject: | Re: WIFI Repeater/Booster Options For My Remote |
Steel Hangar???
Bob,
WOW, that was easy!
I now have extended our home network to my shop using a pair of those
Asoka PlugLink 9650s. Plugged one into a power socket and connected it
via ethernet cable to my Airport Extreme. Plugged the other into the
wall in my shop and connected it via ethernet cable to an Airport
Express. Opened the Airport Utility on my MacBook Air and told it the
Airport Express was an extension of the home net and it was. Whole
thing didn=99t take more than 2 minutes. Very Cool indeed!
Thanks muchly for this non-aviation but powerful tip.
This should work a treat for the guy who wants to go 50 feet to his
hangar.
Blue skies & tailwinds,
Bob Borger
Europa XS Tri, Rotax 914, Airmaster C/S Prop (130 hrs).
Little Toot Sport Biplane, Lycoming Thunderbolt AEIO-320 EXP, Hercules
Prop.
3705 Lynchburg Dr.
Corinth, TX 76208-5331
Cel: 817-992-1117
rlborger@mac.com <mailto:rlborger@mac.com>
On May 25, 2018, at 9:06 AM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III
<nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com> wrote:
>
>
> My steel hangar is about 50 feet away and there is cement and asphalt
over the ground between the house and the hangar so to dig down and
install a CAT 5 cable run out to the hangar is not a fun option.
>
> Are there any WIFI extender options available to get WIFI out to the
hangar?
I presume you have AC power in the hangar. I'm also
hoping that the feeder comes off a breaker in your
house. If so, you might consider a product like
this:
https://goo.gl/srUq55 <https://goo.gl/srUq55>
Asoka is not the only supplier of such devices.
These are power line connected cat5 transceivers.
Put one in the house with a jumper to your
router and the second in the hangar.
I've been using these things around here
for several years . . . saved me a lot
of time/effort stringing wire. I've got
a couple of surplus devices I could
send you to experiment with.
But if your hangar doesn't get ac power from
the house distribution panel . . . all bets
are off.
Bob . . .
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| Subject: | Re: WIFI Repeater/Booster Options For My Remote |
Steel Hangar???
At 01:52 PM 6/4/2018, you wrote:
>Bob,
>
>WOW, that was easy!
>
>I now have extended our home network to my shop
>using a pair of those Asoka PlugLink
>9650s. Plugged one into a power socket and
>connected it via ethernet cable to my Airport
>Extreme. Plugged the other into the wall in my
>shop and connected it via ethernet cable to an
>Airport Express. Opened the Airport Utility on
>my MacBook Air and told it the Airport Express
>was an extension of the home net and it
>was. Whole thing didn=99t take more than 2 minutes. Very Cool
indeed!
>
>Thanks muchly for this non-aviation but powerful tip.
>
>This should work a treat for the guy who wants to go 50 feet to his hangar.
I've had generally good results with that product
with one caveat . . . my house was built 1965 with
real "Romex" . . . tarpaper over hemp over pvc over
copper. It's characteristics as a transmission line
are, no doubt shady compared to modern wiring.
I have a few outlets (most remote from breaker box)
that give marginal connection. But for the most
part, they've worked well for me too.
Bob . . .
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| Subject: | WIFI Repeater/Booster Options For My Remote |
Steel Hangar???
I installed the Netgear 1010 units and was equally happy with the
results.
Our solar system has a similar =9Cpowerline=9D adapter that
was just delivered and I need to plug it injust curious is two
of these adapters connected to the same power system would screw with
each others communication. I will install the SunPower adapter and
report backIFit does not get cyber smoked?!?!?
..
Cheers!!!
Bill Hunter
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Sent: Monday, June 4, 2018 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: WIFI Repeater/Booster Options For My
Remote Steel Hangar???
Bob,
WOW, that was easy!
I now have extended our home network to my shop using a pair of those
Asoka PlugLink 9650s. Plugged one into a power socket and connected it
via ethernet cable to my Airport Extreme. Plugged the other into the
wall in my shop and connected it via ethernet cable to an Airport
Express. Opened the Airport Utility on my MacBook Air and told it the
Airport Express was an extension of the home net and it was. Whole
thing didn=99t take more than 2 minutes. Very Cool indeed!
Thanks muchly for this non-aviation but powerful tip.
This should work a treat for the guy who wants to go 50 feet to his
hangar.
Blue skies & tailwinds,
Bob Borger
Europa XS Tri, Rotax 914, Airmaster C/S Prop (130 hrs).
Little Toot Sport Biplane, Lycoming Thunderbolt AEIO-320 EXP, Hercules
Prop.
3705 Lynchburg Dr.
Corinth, TX 76208-5331
Cel: 817-992-1117
rlborger@mac.com <mailto:rlborger@mac.com>
On May 25, 2018, at 9:06 AM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III
<nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com <mailto:nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com> >
wrote:
My steel hangar is about 50 feet away and there is cement and asphalt
over the ground between the house and the hangar so to dig down and
install a CAT 5 cable run out to the hangar is not a fun option.
Are there any WIFI extender options available to get WIFI out to the
hangar?
I presume you have AC power in the hangar. I'm also
hoping that the feeder comes off a breaker in your
house. If so, you might consider a product like
this:
https://goo.gl/srUq55
Asoka is not the only supplier of such devices.
These are power line connected cat5 transceivers.
Put one in the house with a jumper to your
router and the second in the hangar.
I've been using these things around here
for several years . . . saved me a lot
of time/effort stringing wire. I've got
a couple of surplus devices I could
send you to experiment with.
But if your hangar doesn't get ac power from
the house distribution panel . . . all bets
are off.
Bob . . .
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| Subject: | WIFI Repeater/Booster Options For My Remote |
Steel Hangar???
At 02:09 PM 6/4/2018, you wrote:
>I installed the Netgear 1010 units and was equally happy with the results.
>
>Our solar system has a similar =9Cpowerline=9D
>adapter that was just delivered and I need to
>plug it in=85just curious is two of these adapters
>connected to the same power system would screw
>with each others communication.=C2 I will install
>the SunPower adapter and report back=85IF=85it does not get cyber er
smoked?!?!?
The Asoka units can be 'stacked' in the same
facility. They simply become an additional
port to what might be considered a whole-
house cat5 switch.
I've had as many as five transceivers
active at the same time with a couple
of 'roving' units used for handing
a cat5 cable to a visitor.
I.P. addresses for devices on the various
ports are managed by your home router.
Bob . . .
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| Subject: | Re: Am I creating a Ground Loop? |
Bob and Joe,
Thanks for your responses.
Stan Sutterfield
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| Subject: | Re: gps and alternator. |
Ernest:
Even if your cowl is fiberglass... You will be blocking satellite
reception when they are low on the horizon.
And what about the firewall? Isn't that meal? The you will be blocking in
that direction as well.
What about HEAT? What is the operation and storage temperatures for the
antenna?
You can always call the manufacture and get their recommendations?
Cutting drag is important, but so is navigation and with ADS-B so is being
seen. <-- I don't know if this is connected to ADS-B?
Barry
On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 3:08 PM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net> wrote:
> The frequency that GPS works at is so far above anything the alternator
> produces, I can't imagine them ever being able to cross talk.
>
>
> On Saturday, June 2, 2018 8:56 AM, bobnoffs <icubob@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> hi all,
> i have a really easy place to mount my gps antennas under the cowl but
> they would be within 4' of the alternator. will i be asking for trouble?
> thanks,
> bob noffs
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=480579#480579
>
>
> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?AeroElectric-List<= Same great content
> also available via the Web Forums!
> http://forums.matronics.com
> http://www.matronics.com/contribution===================
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: gps and alternator. |
The PCB, traces, ground planes and assorted electronic components inside the antenna
module package and under the antenna element sure arent transparent.
Is Bob planning to mount it with the cable entry at the bottom and route the coax
outside the cowl?
On Jun 4, 2018, at 10:14 AM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net> wrote:
A fiberglass cowling is practically transparent to GPS signals.
On Saturday, June 2, 2018 5:13 PM, Alec Myers <alec@alecmyers.com> wrote:
But a GPS antenna needs a good view of the sky. Theyre usually mounted on top of
the aircraft, not under it.
On Jun 2, 2018, at 16:21, bob noffs <icubob@gmail.com> wrote:
thanks, good news ernest.
bob
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On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net> wrote:
The frequency that GPS works at is so far above anything the alternator produces,
I can't imagine them ever being able to cross talk.
On Saturday, June 2, 2018 8:56 AM, bobnoffs <icubob@gmail.com> wrote:
hi all,
i have a really easy place to mount my gps antennas under the cowl but they would
be within 4' of the alternator. will i be asking for trouble?
thanks,
bob noffs
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http://forums.matronics.com/ viewtopic.php?p=480579#480579
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| Subject: | Re: gps and alternator. |
bobnoffs wrote:
> hi all,
> i have a really easy place to mount my gps antennas under the cowl but they
would be within 4' of the alternator. will i be asking for trouble?
> thank
> bob noffs
I reluctantly moved my GPS antenna to the glare shield because of occasional "drop
outs". I left the XM radio antenna under the cowl.
--------
John Morgensen
RV-9A - Born on July 3, 2013
RV4 - for sale
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| Subject: | Re: gps and alternator. |
I've been flying for a couple years with my Dynon GPS-250 under the
cowl, just in front of the firewall and behind the metal engine baffles.
No problem for driving my Dynon Skyview displays. OTOH, I mounted my IFR
GTN650 antenna where Garmin calls for it, on top of the fiberglass
cabin, rather than bury it inside the glass. Guess which antenna is more
sensitive and sees satellites first.............The Dynon will pick up
enough satellites with the hangar door part way open, while the Garmin
requires vertical view of the sky.
On 6/4/2018 5:17 PM, JohnInReno wrote:
>
>
> bobnoffs wrote:
>> hi all,
>> i have a really easy place to mount my gps antennas under the cowl but they
would be within 4' of the alternator. will i be asking for trouble?
>> thank
>> bob noffs
>
>
> I reluctantly moved my GPS antenna to the glare shield because of occasional
"drop outs". I left the XM radio antenna under the cowl.
>
> --------
> John Morgensen
> RV-9A - Born on July 3, 2013
> RV4 - for sale
>
>
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=480655#480655
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: gps and alternator. |
I've seen quite a few GPS mounted under the boot cowl, but not on the
engine side of the firewall. I would be more concerned about heat than
reception. Right now my SuperSTOL is in my shop, which has a metal roof and
a metal door, and my Dynon GPS has no problem at all locking on. That said,
I did choose to mount the GPS right on top of the airplane. Most of the
SuperSTOLs and Highlanders I have seen either put it under the boot cowl
(fiberglass) or on top of the glare shield.
Ken
On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 3:43 PM, FLYaDIVE <flyadive@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ernest:
>
> Even if your cowl is fiberglass... You will be blocking satellite
> reception when they are low on the horizon.
> And what about the firewall? Isn't that meal? The you will be blocking
> in that direction as well.
> What about HEAT? What is the operation and storage temperatures for the
> antenna?
> You can always call the manufacture and get their recommendations?
> Cutting drag is important, but so is navigation and with ADS-B so is being
> seen. <-- I don't know if this is connected to ADS-B?
>
> Barry
>
> On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 3:08 PM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net>
> wrote:
>
>> The frequency that GPS works at is so far above anything the alternator
>> produces, I can't imagine them ever being able to cross talk.
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, June 2, 2018 8:56 AM, bobnoffs <icubob@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> hi all,
>> i have a really easy place to mount my gps antennas under the cowl but
>> they would be within 4' of the alternator. will i be asking for trouble?
>> thanks,
>> bob noffs
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Read this topic online here:
>>
>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=480579#480579
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?AeroElectric-List<= Same great
>> content also available via the Web Forums!
>> http://forums.matronics.com
>> http://www.matronics.com/contribution===================
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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| Subject: | Re: gps and alternator. |
Alec,
Are we on the same page? The proposal is not *under* the cowl. It's
*inside* the cowl, on a shelf, mounted to the firewall just under the
*top* of the cowl. Cable would go through the firewall, like other
electrical stuff.
Charlie
On 6/4/2018 7:09 PM, Alec Myers wrote:
>
> The PCB, traces, ground planes and assorted electronic components inside the
antenna module package and under the antenna element sure arent transparent.
> Is Bob planning to mount it with the cable entry at the bottom and route the
coax outside the cowl?
>
>
> On Jun 4, 2018, at 10:14 AM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net> wrote:
>
> A fiberglass cowling is practically transparent to GPS signals.
>
>
> On Saturday, June 2, 2018 5:13 PM, Alec Myers <alec@alecmyers.com> wrote:
>
>
> But a GPS antenna needs a good view of the sky. Theyre usually mounted on top
of the aircraft, not under it.
>
> On Jun 2, 2018, at 16:21, bob noffs <icubob@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> thanks, good news ernest.
> bob
>
> Virus-free. www.avast.com
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> On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net> wrote:
> The frequency that GPS works at is so far above anything the alternator produces,
I can't imagine them ever being able to cross talk.
>
>
> On Saturday, June 2, 2018 8:56 AM, bobnoffs <icubob@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> hi all,
> i have a really easy place to mount my gps antennas under the cowl but they would
be within 4' of the alternator. will i be asking for trouble?
> thanks,
> bob noffs
>
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| Subject: | Re: gps and alternator. |
I have a really easy place to mount my gps antennas under the cowl....
My bad: I interpreted that as on the bottom surface of the cowl facing downwards
:/
Which, to be fair, would work just fine for whole lot of other antennas...
On Jun 4, 2018, at 21:41, Charlie England <ceengland7@gmail.com> wrote:
Alec,
Are we on the same page? The proposal is not *under* the cowl. It's *inside* the
cowl, on a shelf, mounted to the firewall just under the *top* of the cowl.
Cable would go through the firewall, like other electrical stuff.
Charlie
> On 6/4/2018 7:09 PM, Alec Myers wrote:
>
> The PCB, traces, ground planes and assorted electronic components inside the
antenna module package and under the antenna element sure arent transparent.
> Is Bob planning to mount it with the cable entry at the bottom and route the
coax outside the cowl?
>
>
>
> On Jun 4, 2018, at 10:14 AM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net> wrote:
>
> A fiberglass cowling is practically transparent to GPS signals.
>
>
> On Saturday, June 2, 2018 5:13 PM, Alec Myers <alec@alecmyers.com> wrote:
>
>
> But a GPS antenna needs a good view of the sky. Theyre usually mounted on top
of the aircraft, not under it.
>
> On Jun 2, 2018, at 16:21, bob noffs <icubob@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> thanks, good news ernest.
> bob
>
> Virus-free. www.avast.com
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> On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net> wrote:
> The frequency that GPS works at is so far above anything the alternator produces,
I can't imagine them ever being able to cross talk.
>
>
> On Saturday, June 2, 2018 8:56 AM, bobnoffs <icubob@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> hi all,
> i have a really easy place to mount my gps antennas under the cowl but they would
be within 4' of the alternator. will i be asking for trouble?
> thanks,
> bob noffs
>
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| Subject: | How to Wire My Alternator |
I need help. I bought a used engine and it came with an alternator that has
no labels that I can find. How do I hook it up?
Engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1A
Alternator: looks like this:
Back of the alternator has three Faston tabs and what looks like a screw
terminal next to them:
=8B
I bought a B&C LR3C-14 voltage regulator and ran the field wire to one of
the Faston tabs. I have confirmed that I do have voltage at the alternator
end of the wire. However, with the engine off, my EFIS does not show any
current draw when I turn on the primary alternator. When I run the engine,
the primary alternator does not produce any current.
I also have a B&C standby alternator with its B&C voltage regulator. That
one works just fine. With the engine off, I see it's field draw about 0.5
amps. With the engine running, the standby alternator pumps out plenty of
amps which the EFIS nicely displays.
How should I connect the primary alternator? And what is it?
Thanks,
-- Art Z.
--
https://CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/
*"We do not see the world as it is. We see the world as we are."*
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| Subject: | Re: How to Wire My Alternator |
On 6/4/2018 9:40 PM, Art Zemon wrote:
> I need help. I bought a used engine and it came with an alternator
> that has no labels that I can find. How do I hook it up?
>
> Engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1A
>
> Alternator: looks like this:
>
>
> Back of the alternator has three Faston tabs and what looks like a
> screw terminal next to them:
>
>
> I bought a B&C LR3C-14 voltage regulator and ran the field wire to one
> of the Faston tabs. I have confirmed that I do have voltage at the
> alternator end of the wire. However, with the engine off, my EFIS does
> not show any current draw when I turn on the primary alternator. When
> I run the engine, the primary alternator does not produce any current.
>
> I also have a B&C standby alternator with its B&C voltage regulator.
> That one works just fine. With the engine off, I see it's field draw
> about 0.5 amps. With the engine running, the standby alternator pumps
> out plenty of amps which the EFIS nicely displays.
>
> How should I connect the primary alternator? And what is it?
>
> Thanks,
> -- Art Z.
>
That *looks* like one of the early internally regulated alternators. If
I'm right, it needs to see 12V on the 'I' (or 'IG', for Ignition)
terminal to 'turn on'. I'm attaching a drawing (let me know if it
doesn't come through) of a similar alternator. the 3 pin shell is shaped
differently, but I believe that the pinout is the same. On the rather
primitive electrical system I had, the IG pin was simply jumped to the B
lead terminal. Not advising you to operate it that way, but you can test
for operation by doing that. If you jump from B lead to IG, start the
engine, and get ~14V out on the B lead, then you have an internally
regulated alternator.
Note that I might be wrong; be sure none of your avionics are connected
when you do this test....
Charlie
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| Subject: | Troubleshooting open squelch |
I have a GlaStar with a pretty simple panel. Standard 6-pack, a Garmin
300XL GPS/Comm, a Garmin GTX320 transponder and a Sigtronics 2 place
intercom.
Step one of a probably multi-year upgrade is to get rid of the vacuum
system and go a little glass. I spent the past month (very part-time)
pulling all the vacuum instruments and installing a Garmin G5 in place
of the AI. It took some work to find a quiet spot for the GMU11
magnetometer. The strobes were a big interferer and part of my
mitigation was to pull the old wiring and replace with new 3 conductor
shielded (I had previously replaced the Whelen strobes with Aveo LED units.
While I had the plane apart I also installed a uAvionix EchoUAT ADS-B
In/Out and a WAAS GPS receiver.
I finished the installation Saturday and yesterday I took the plane
outside to calibrate the remote compass on the compass rose. To my
surprise I'm getting constant static on the comm. I can hear other
calls...it just seems the squelch got disabled or is being overcome by
something.
I had made one change to the radio--I attached a single wire, RS-232
out, from it to the G5 for position data.
I spent several hours troubleshooting today. First, I pulled the fuses
on all the devices I added. No change. I disconnected the RS-232 wire.
No change. I did the testing with the plane in the hangar and everything
except the master and avionics switch off. I even tried pulling each
circuit breaker (the legacy equipment). Nothing effects it.
I went into the 300XL configuration mode and the first screen shows you
all the buttons and lets you verify the unit is detecting button
presses. The 300XL has a squelch on/off button but no other adjustments.
And it's always supposed to power on with squelch on.
At this point I'm completely baffled. Any ideas on other things to look
at? Thanks for your help.
--Rick
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