Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net> (Marvin Kaye)
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 19:54:59 -0400
Message-ID: <redirect-3231570@logan.com>
From: olsen25@comcast.net
Subject: ACK ELT trips with COM2 transmit

Greetings,

I know some of you have had the problem of when you transmit on a COM radio your ACK ELT trips on.  I have had this problem with my COM2 since first flight last summer and am now getting to doing something about it.

Last fall I called ACK tech support and the guy there said there were no modifications that could be made to the unit (contrary to what several of you have experienced) and that it was my fault because my ELT antenna was not the prescribed 5' away from the COM antenna.

Well, I have now moved the ELT antenna so it is pretty close to 5' away and it still trips.  I have also rerouted the telephone cable that goes between the remote control panel and the ELT itself, so that it is further away from the COM2 coax and antenna.  Now I get intermittent results with still >50% of COM2 transmissions setting off the ELT!

Now, after a couple hours working on this last night, the ELT tripped and suddenly the COM on my GX60 shut down and said the COM has failed and to service the unit immediately!!  It appears that the ELT has now fed back into the COM and damaged it.

Do any of you have words of wisdom in resolving this ELT situation?  Should I just get the AmeriKing 450 ELT?  Do any of you know if the AK-450 remote panel is the same cut-out size as the ACK?

Any help is appreciated.

Regards,

Dan
Lancair 320, N320DK, 100+ hrs