GPS Antenna
First off, when I was verifying all of the radio pinout wiring, I found that Stark had already installed the required resistors in the annunciator flag power leads. He did a very nice job. They are packaged up inside the connector shells. So I quickly cut out the resistors that I installed inline on the power source.
We all struggle with the question of where to mount antennas and ultimately have to make a decision. This is a 9A, not a race car, so my primary GPS1 antenna is going right out in the wind on the top rear of the fuselage. I’m quite sure it will be very happy there. I drilled all the required holes using the Garmin supplied back plate as a template. The connector is just to the left of the of the rib web that is in the center of the fuselage skin there. I cut a round notch in the flange next to the skin for the connector pass through in between two rivets. I then cut the back plate in two so it could be reinstalled on either side of the rib on the back of the skin.
