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You clearly overestimate how much attention I was paying to the fact that it was your posts I was replying to; I literally didn't even notice until I was trying to understand what your issue is. (Indeed, up to that point, I'd never even noticed your name.) I would also suggest that you may be...

I'd explain the problem with drawing conclusions based on statistical sample sets of two, but I don't think I'd get anywhere. So, I'll settle for just saying, "YMMV" and acknowledging that it is entirely possible to get a cheap trickle charger that doesn't fail and works fine in your particular...

Yep, I agree. That's exactly what you needed to add. Of course, that also assumes that each and every person that ever reads this thread will share your reaction (caustic sarcasm, apparently) and never, ever, *actually* have that question. I didn't mean a bit of disrespect to you or anyone...

Maybe not much in lower performance aircraft that don't fly very high and/or don't have the power to get close to their Vne. But, in higher performance aircraft at higher altitudes, it can become rather important. There's a lot of information here, and it's mostly justifying why no bigger...

You're not really comparing apples-to-apples in that case. The cheap, discount store ones that you can get for next to nothing are little (often nothing) more than an AC-DC, step-down transformer with the most basic (if any) of internal monitoring and controls. Those can (ask me how I know)...

They don't necessarily need their own hardware. As indicated above, it is entirely possible for one integrated receiver to support multiple constellations. And, in fact, at least one relevant example one already does: Garmin has it's GLO and GLO 2 receivers that support both GPS and GLONASS...

Partly true, but maybe not completely accurate. I'd say it is true that many, probably most, maybe all, of the popular cell phone models today will "prefer" the US GPS system, if it is available. However, all of the major (and, probably, most of the "lesser") cell manufacturers use receivers...

Connectors are just convenient ways to make (and break) electrical connections. In and of themselves, they have little to nothing to do with impedance matching and such. The conversion kits I mentioned take care of all of that and leave you with a rig that is electrically and functionally...

I hate to buck the system as the new guy, but there actually ARE such things. Look for UflyMike (the first one I was aware of) and NflightMic (another one I just found and available from Amazon). They do exactly what you are talking about. There are only two catches I am aware of: 1.) Most of...