Radio stack is alive
I spent the evening checking and double checking and triple checking a bunch of my wiring before I applied power to the expensive stuff through the ship’s own power. I powered up the master and alternate power feeds for the first time via their switches in the panel. Nothing jumpered for the first time. All very cool. No sparks and no blue smoke. It would be very bad to release the magical blue smoke at this point.
Now I know that the radios at least power up and some stuff talks to each other. I have not done any rx/tx tests. I know that the transponder is sending mode S traffic info to the 430 GPS. I also know that the GPS is sending data to the autopilot. Beyond that, I need the EFIS for more data (one more day). I took the day off of (real) work today to put in a full build day in prep for the EFIS equipment tomorrow. We’ll see what I get done. I’m starting to think it is about time to put the rudder pedals in for good.
