Whatcha need to make it work....
Mike,
In addition to the Micro-Trak 300 ( and a ham license) you will need a GPS receiver. If you have one in your aircraft, it may already have an output that can feed the Micro-Track the standard NMEA serial data that it uses. If not, the GPS receivers ( which include an antenna) from Byonics are plug and play with the Micro-Trak ( well, this is a little white lie;you do have to solder on the DB-9 serial connector to the Printed circuit board) I suggest the GPS-2, its a Siirf III with Waas,......oh, never mind, its really good... and will plug in and work. The voltage issue with the GPS receivers is that some run on 3 volts and some run on 5 volts. We have 5 volt units and support them in our designs. Pete Howell was making some nice inexpensive transmitter antennas that install in the wingtip. They seem battle proven. Sam Buchanan wrote a treatise on installing a system in his airplane, which has a lot of great info.
So this is what you need:
GPS receiver (Byonics GPS2 or tap your airplanes unit)
Micro-Trak 300 (Byonics)
Serial Cable for programming ( big pile of computer cables in garage)
Null modem/gender changer (Byonics, or computer store)
Programming software ( free download-Byonics)
Transmit antenna (Pete Howell, or homebrew) ( we sell rubber duck antennas, but that's not really the best choice for an aircraft.)
The MT-300 is sold as a mostly assembled printed circuit board. You can package it up real nice, or wrap it in tape and stick it down, or don't install it in anything at all. Most people use the plastic tubes I ship them in as an enclosure.
There are a lot of peopl eon this baord with more direct experience in installing these in aircraft than I, but let me know if you have any questions and I will hope out. Even if I have to talk on the......<<<<<shudder>>>> phone!
Allen
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