GPS's for APRS - APRS Forum at eHam.net

eHam.net Forum : APRS : GPS's for APRS

Forum Help

1-6 of 6 messages

Page 1 of 1

GPS's for APRS	Reply
by K0BLR on March 26, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
Good Afternoon, I have a question for this forum. I am going to be getting back into APRS because the Skywarn group I am with is highly reccomending APRS now. So I am going to be buying a TH-D7AG to do this but my question is now type of GPS should I get I was looking at either the GPSMAP-76CSx or the 60CSx. Is there another option? Maybe I really should lay the money out get G5 GPS. 73, K0BLR MN Section Net Mgr.

RE: GPS's for APRS	Reply
by KF6IIU on March 26, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
Any GPS with NMEA output will work.

RE: GPS's for APRS	Reply
by K0BLR on March 27, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
I am looking at the Garmin 478. Will this GPS work?

RE: GPS's for APRS	Reply
by KG4RUL on March 27, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=402 Click on the Specs tab.

RE: GPS's for APRS	Reply
by KE4RWS on March 28, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
According to the specs it does have NMEA output so it looks like it would work for APRS applications. Looks like a nice GPS too. Randy

RE: GPS's for APRS	Reply
by KF6IIU on March 31, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
I'd have to qualify my previous statement that implied all NMEA GPSes are compatible with TNCs and PCs. Things are getting complicated now that more GPSes have USB interfaces. The "In The Box" tab for the GPSMap 478 says is somes with both a USB cable and also a "power/data" cable. I'd investigate more carefully to see which of these interfaces or both would work with your TNC or PC. NMEA 0183 is both a hardware and software spec. The hardware part generally means the "data" output will be compatible with RS232 or RS422, but the cable may not be compatible with a PC at all, and may be designed to plug in to a boat's radar or other weirdness. Cheapo puck-style GPSes are pretty cheap, possibly even cheaper than the cable required to connect a fancy mapping GPS to a TNC or PC. The NMEA signal may be compatible, but the connectors at the ends of the cables may not be.

Page 1 of 1

Next Topic: D700 vs D7AG
Previous Topic: USB serial and the D700

Email Subscription
You are not subscribed to this topic.

Check our help page for help using Forum, or send questions, comments, or suggestions to the Forum Manager.