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Reviews Categories | GPS receivers for APRS | Deluo GPS Help


Reviews Summary for Deluo GPS
Reviews: 6 Average rating: 5.0/5 MSRP: $99
Description: a variety of blind GPS units for connection to laptop, PDA, TNC, or partial TNC like TinyTrak
More info: http://www.deluo.com

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KT4WO Rating: 5/5 Mar 17, 2008 11:49 Send this review to a friend
Gud deal  Time owned: more than 12 months
1st one died after a few days,,called,,they shipped one out and said to send the 1st one back.
2nd one works great..have ordered 2 more ,,they work great...gud deal.
Gud service.
 
WV1K Rating: 5/5 Sep 28, 2007 09:34 Send this review to a friend
Works well  Time owned: 0 to 3 months
I bought one of the Deluo Universals to use with my DR-135TP. It's plugged right into the jack on the radio front and takes its power from the same. This renders APRS plug and play and reduces the wires everywhere seen with harnesses. My first observation was that the GPS is tiny. I also have a puck from Garmin but this is a fraction of the size. I have my with Velcro on the dash.

While I was wondering if this would see the birds when many run them on the roof, it does lock on.

It works well, even here in Nutster, MA, on Cape Cod. Eh ? Again ? If NSTAR tries to trim trees as required for outage and damage prevention, women go in front of town meetings and cry about "grand old tree spirits." This is not just an isolated event. It's insane and ignorant.

Anyway, the GPS works really well given the dangerous and unsightly "tree canopies" that have been allowed to go on in this town on the Cape. I expect it's even better in a normal place.

 
KI4MCW Rating: 5/5 Dec 20, 2006 14:46 Send this review to a friend
Works great!  Time owned: 6 to 12 months
I got one of these a few months back for my TM-D700A. I ordered it off of the Byonics website (www.byonics.com), along with the cigarette lighter power + serial adaptor. The total package was well below $100. I mounted it on my dash (gosh it's small), hidden behind my state inspection sticker for a bit of shade on hot summer days.

I believe these units are limited to displaying altitudes below 20,000 meters, so it wouldn't be too useful for high-altitude ballooning. Otherwise, it's cheap, reasonably sensitive, easy to install, and works exactly as it should. You can't go wrong!
 
N2YQT Rating: 5/5 Mar 15, 2004 06:12 Send this review to a friend
You must take a look at this unit!  Time owned: 0 to 3 months
This is a great little unit. And I mean little. About the size of a small match box and twice as thick. The unit is sealed well and includes an internal magnet to stick it to your vehicle or velcro to stick it anywhere else.

I ordered the serial version for use with a Tiny Track 3 but you can order it with a USB cable also. You can also order an extra USB or Serial cable if you decide later you want to use it for a differenent application.

I ordered the sperate power supply for mine as well. The serial version wants to get it's 5v+ from a PS/2 keyboard connector. This unit is also built very well.

With all the connections made the little unit locked on to the satellites very quick and started spitting out nmea data. I tried it with my laptop with ui-view32, with the mapping software the Deluo includes, and with the TinyTrak3 and it worked super with each.

I placed this unit on the read deck of my car next to the third break light and havn't had any trouble.

You can't go wrong with this unit!
 
KC0PBC Rating: 5/5 Aug 5, 2003 01:10 Send this review to a friend
Just plain works  Time owned: 3 to 6 months
No muss, no fuss, just works. I'm using it with my Kenwood D-700A. No converter box needed or anything like that. Great sensitivity too - I have it mounted on the dash of my car, and it receives through the windshield with no problems - it even maintains a lock while the car is parked in the garage which is part of the first story of a two story house.
 
N0RQ Rating: 5/5 Jun 26, 2003 17:56 Send this review to a friend
small, functional  Time owned: 3 to 6 months
I have 2 of the Deluo series of GPS units. They are blind (no display screen) units, which are very small (same size as TinyTrak case). Mine both work well, plugged into TT3 units, so they are the "serial" version, though there is a PDA version as well. It is made to run on about 5vDC (normally off mouse or keyboard port), so to run it without PC, you'll need to supply about 5v (I think the range is 4 to 8v) -- but not 13 volts!

It plugged into my TT3, which plugged into the 2m rig, and it started working. Nothing else to mess with, other than making sure your TT3 has a proper config and cable for your radio.

More details at www.qsl.net/n0rq , APRS section.
 


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