It took 3 Skybeacons for UAvionix to get one that would work on my Sport Cub. None of the experimental versions would provide a clean report. They finally sent me a TSOd version and it passed the tests last November. It was very frustrating, as it took 3 beacons and 3 months...…
A friend of mine put a Skybeacon on his mooney a few weeks ago.
Had trouble with it not wanting to latch onto the signal from his transponder,
took a call or two to uAvionix but he got it straightened out.
Passed his proving flight and got his rebate check.
The other day, he got a notice from FAA that his ADS-B was not performing up-to-snuff on a flight he took.
This was in a no-txp-required area BTW.
Said he has to get it fixed or else (don't remember what he told me they were gonna do).
Sounds like he'll have to do another proving flight to get them off his back.
He said after this happened he found out that some other people have had this same problem.
I'll quiz him about it later today,
but has anyone else heard about Skybeacon installations having issues like this?
I'll quiz him more today.
EDIT: Sounds like the problem is poor ADS-B system reception in the remote-ish area where he was flying.
He told me that if the system drops your signal for more than x number of seconds,
and automatic letter to you is generated saying your ADS-B equipment is not up to snuff.
Sounds like the system still has a lot of bugs that need to be worked out.