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GPS City Q&A » OEM GPS » How to mount and location of the VHF Antenna?

OEM GPS (2 replies)

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How to mount and location of the VHF Antenna?

› Garmin OEM 17x HVS NMEA 0183

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BD
Minneapolis

Original question asked on Jul 5, 2012, 11:41am

The Garmin installation instruction PDF indicates:
"Mount the GPS 17x antenna at least 3 ft (1 m) away from the path of any radar beam or VHF radio antenna". (static.garmincdn.com/pumac/2443_InstallationInstructions_Multilingual_.pdf)

Does this mean the GPS antenna itself or does it include the cable? I can mount the GPS antenna more than 3 ft from the VHF antenna, but I want to run the cable through the same clamshell that my VHF enters the boat through to avoid another hole.
Thanks.

Jordan
GPS City

Reply #1 on Jul 5, 2012, 11:50am

The Garmin 17XHVS cable is shielded but you should keep it at least one meter from the transmitting antenna. The cables from both can be closer because the radio antenna cable is shielded so should not emit a large EMF. Just run the GPS wire away from the transmitting antenna

BD
Minneapolis

Reply #2 on Jul 5, 2012, 11:55am

Understood. Thanks for the prompt reply.

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