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[KB8FXG]

I have a Garmin GPS55AVD aviation handheld GPS that I have had since circa 1992-93 that was hot stuff for us pilots in its day. (no more Loran! Yea!) Anyway, now I would like to hook it up to an alinco dr-135tp and go mobile aprs. I have 3 problems.

1) I dont have the original power/data cable plug (that came with the mounting bracket) because I never used the mounting bracket... instead using a aftermarket yoke mount with a cigaratte lighter power plug.

2) Assuming I can aquire or make up a cable, the gps manual talks of a NMEA "A" , "B" and shield leads... how would these be wired to the mini-plug on the Alinco? (will damage result if trial and error gets them reversed? or is there a standard?)

3) Interfaces listed for the gps are NMEA 0180,0182,0183 version 1.5: dec 1987) with quite a number of approved sentences and transmission rates (time).... however I have no information on baud rate, parity, etc... IE: will this even work?

Any information or ideas would be helpful.

-Chip KB8FXG

[KB8FXG]

I figured it out on my own after much trial and error. If anyone needs help with this setup, email me at:

mycallsign@hotmail.com

(to defeat spam robots.. replace "mycallsign" with my actual callsign.

- KB8FXG