I am seriously considering going the GDL 82 route for ADS-B. I have a GTX 327 with a standard Rami pole transponsder antenna. I would be purchasing the version that comes with the built-in GPS, For those of you that have already performed installation of the GDL 82 I have several questions:
1. Will my current transponder antenna be sufficient?
2. Was the installation difficult?
3. Did you have to replace the original coax wire running from the transponder
to the transponder antenna?
4. Where did you end up mounting the GPS antenna?
5. When you constructed the wiring harness which pins did you include? My
understanding is that I would not need the RS232 pins since I have no
devices to connect them to. Did you do squat and/or anonymous?
6. Did you perform the pre-installation output test for your original
transponder as recommended in the Garmin installation manual? If so,
did you have to have an avionics tech do this?
Any comments, tips, suggestions would be very much appreciated. It would be really wonderful if someone who has done this or is contemplating doing the installation would be willing to post a video or pics of the process and perhaps include some text for a step by step installation for those of us that follow.
As always, thanks to everyone who responded.
Peter K
9A-700 hrs
1. Will my current transponder antenna be sufficient?
2. Was the installation difficult?
3. Did you have to replace the original coax wire running from the transponder
to the transponder antenna?
4. Where did you end up mounting the GPS antenna?
5. When you constructed the wiring harness which pins did you include? My
understanding is that I would not need the RS232 pins since I have no
devices to connect them to. Did you do squat and/or anonymous?
6. Did you perform the pre-installation output test for your original
transponder as recommended in the Garmin installation manual? If so,
did you have to have an avionics tech do this?
Any comments, tips, suggestions would be very much appreciated. It would be really wonderful if someone who has done this or is contemplating doing the installation would be willing to post a video or pics of the process and perhaps include some text for a step by step installation for those of us that follow.
As always, thanks to everyone who responded.
Peter K
9A-700 hrs