Can Garmin GPS antenna work well w/ RayMarine element?

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  1. the brain
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    the brain Senior Member

    Can Garmin GPS antenna work well w/ RayMarine element?

    Since this new antenna is on a NMEA2K backbone doe's it matter that the antenna is garmin an MFD is Raymarine?

    is Element capable of inturpting heading sensor? is it advisable to have MFD an antenna the same brand name? or is a antenna a antenna reguardless of name brands?

    I’d like a decent GPS puck style antenna. The RayMarine RS150 seams inferior to the Garmin.

    RM antenna lacks sensor heading/mount pole an they charge extra for cabling Garmin includes all this stuff

    As would be expected

    Garmin claims provides multi-band GNSS accuracy to 1M doe's this means differnt name brands function together?
    .PLs advise on antennas bc this is the whole point of upgrading the chart plotter my internal builtin antenna was constantly losing signal an it’s alarm is very iratating.
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  2. BlueBell
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    I don't know,
    ask Garmin and RayMarine tech support.
     
    Last edited: Nov 11, 2024
  3. kapnD
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    kapnD Senior Member

    Plug it into the backbone, and look at the device list.
    If it shows up there, it’ll likely work, if not , a costly mistake!
     

  4. the brain
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    the brain Senior Member

    mite be safer to get the raystar gps antenna then pay extra for mount pole,cable, cable adaptor, NMEA2K T an not have a heading sensor dam.
    I'm hoping the new RayM element has a stronger gps antenna compared to the entry level RayM dragonflypro5. maybe I can get away w/ the builtin antenna.
    I'm not optimistic I believe the roof is obstructing the line of sight for the 3rd satilite signal which causes the LOS alarm on current MFD. roof.jpg
    thanks
     
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