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There are 7 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1a. garmin nuvi? what one to get?
From: nakitatrucker
1b. Re: garmin nuvi? what one to get?
From: k7ybz
1c. Re: garmin nuvi? what one to get?
From: Curt, WE7U
1d. Re: garmin nuvi? what one to get?
From: Scott Miller
1e. Re: garmin nuvi? what one to get?
From: Jan, LA2BBA
2a. APRSPoint
From: sbuck8346(AT)sbcglobal.net
2b. Re: APRSPoint
From: Bruce Coates
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1a. garmin nuvi? what one to get?
Posted by: "nakitatrucker" nakitatrucker(AT)yahoo.com nakitatrucker
Date: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:49 pm ((PDT))
i post this on the TT yahoo group but was thinking i would post it here to see if maybe someone here might be able to help. i will be getting a TT4 as a trade for something. i just ordered the cables i need for the HT and TT4. what i need to find out is what ones of the garmin nuvi will work with the TT4, i'm needing one that can go on the window and is small because it has to moved from car to car a lot.
thanks,
K7CDL
Messages in this topic (5)
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1b. Re: garmin nuvi? what one to get?
Posted by: "k7ybz" k7ybz(AT)arrl.net k7ybz
Date: Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:56 pm ((PDT))
Unfortunately, there are not many Garmin GPS units that put out NMEA which is what the TT4 needs. Most of the Garmin's have a proprietary binary output, a.k.a Fleet Management Interface (FMI). To my knowledge, only ArgentData's OpenTracker2 will work with the Garmin FMI. To that extent only the Garmin Nuvi 350 will plot the correct position. The rest of the Garmin units capable of the FMI protocol leave breadcrumbs as the target moves.
The TinyTracker series was meant to be used with a GPS puck.
Larry
K7YBZ
--- In APRS(AT)yahoogroups.com, "nakitatrucker" <nakitatrucker(AT)...> wrote:
> >
> > i post this on the TT yahoo group but was thinking i would post it here to see if maybe someone here might be able to help. i will be getting a TT4 as a trade for something. i just ordered the cables i need for the HT and TT4. what i need to find out is what ones of the garmin nuvi will work with the TT4, i'm needing one that can go on the window and is small because it has to moved from car to car a lot.
> > thanks,
> > K7CDL
> >
Messages in this topic (5)
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1c. Re: garmin nuvi? what one to get?
Posted by: "Curt, WE7U" archer(AT)eskimo.com we7u
Date: Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:29 pm ((PDT))
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, k7ybz wrote:
> > Unfortunately, there are not many Garmin GPS units that put out
> > NMEA which is what the TT4 needs. Most of the Garmin's have a
> > proprietary binary output, a.k.a Fleet Management Interface (FMI).
> > To my knowledge, only ArgentData's OpenTracker2 will work with the
> > Garmin FMI. To that extent only the Garmin Nuvi 350 will plot the
> > correct position. The rest of the Garmin units capable of the FMI
> > protocol leave breadcrumbs as the target moves.
Correct. The Nuvi 350 is out of production as well, but refurbished
units can be had for around $109 (from RS for one).
ArgentData also has a stripped-down Tracker2 in a cable that can be
used to connect a Nuvi to a Kenwood radio. The smart cable
generates NMEA serial from the Garmin interface, so that gives you
yet another method to connect up a Nuvi. I believe there's a
version that has a DE-9 connector so that would work with a TT.
Last I heard he was waiting on something to get the next batch of
them made, so check with ArgentData on availability of those cables.
-- Curt, WE7U. <http://www.eskimo.com/~archer> APRS: Where it's at! <http://www.xastir.org> Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" Messages in this topic (5) ________________________________________________________________________ 1d. Re: garmin nuvi? what one to get? Posted by: "Scott Miller" scott(AT)opentrac.org n1vg Date: Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:40 pm ((PDT))
> > Last I heard he was waiting on something to get the next batch of
> > them made, so check with ArgentData on availability of those cables.
Yeah, still short on some parts but I'm expecting a batch in tomorrow.
I'm not certain it's going to be enough to cover the existing orders for
the Kenwood style, but there should be plenty of the d-sub version.
Assuming I get my test system back up and running... it crashed today
and I've got to try to get XP reloaded on it.
Scott
N1VG
Messages in this topic (5)
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1e. Re: garmin nuvi? what one to get?
Posted by: "Jan, LA2BBA" la2bba(AT)nrrl.no jan_t_p
Date: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:25 pm ((PDT))
"k7ybz" <k7ybz(AT)arrl.net>, Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:55:41 -0000
> >Unfortunately, there are not many Garmin GPS units that put out NMEA which is what the TT4 needs.
The Garmin GPSes for maritime use do output (and receive) NMEA.
-- 73 de Jan, LA2BBA Hvaler, Norway Messages in this topic (5) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2a. APRSPoint Posted by: "sbuck8346(AT)sbcglobal.net" sbuck8346(AT)sbcglobal.net sbuck8346(AT)sbcglobal.net Date: Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:42 pm ((PDT)) I would like to hear your experiences with APRSPoint - good, bad, indifferent. A comparison to UI view would be helpful. I can't make up my mind! Thanks Steve Messages in this topic (4) ________________________________________________________________________ 2b. Re: APRSPoint Posted by: "Bruce Coates" bruce.coates(AT)sasktel.net lpcoates Date: Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:54 pm ((PDT)) Hi Steve I've been very happy with APRSPoint and would recomend it so long as you can live with its current limitations. In my case that's the lack of IGate functionality and the inability to connect to it via TCP/IP. I would also highly recomend UI-View. It's a very powerful program and is nowhere near the end of its life. All of the add-ons make it very powerful. (I'm not making your decisioin any easier, am I?) In short, I've been using UI-View since not long after it came out. I've also been using APRSPoint on and off for a couple of years and I can't make up my mind either. In fact, I run both at the same time on our balloon chases. 73, Bruce VE5BNC ----- Original Message ----- From: <sbuck8346(AT)sbcglobal.net> To: <APRS(AT)yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:16 AM Subject: [APRS] APRSPoint
> >I would like to hear your experiences with APRSPoint - good, bad,
> >indifferent. A comparison to UI view would be helpful. I can't make up my
> >mind!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Steve
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