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What do you think of the on-device route planning? Are you satisfied
with the device's sensitivity? Sounds good so far!

Thanks!

Greg

First, unless you have someone in the airplane to do either the flying
or the button-mashing, I don't recommend doing on-device route building.
With that out of the way, I do program the unit from the front panel while
sitting at the kitchen table -- on occasion. The advantage to programming
with my desk-top or lap-top is the larger database in the computer compared
to what you have on the SD card in the unit and the versatility of the
computer mode.
From Radio Shack I picked up a gizmo to plug in a wall socket and
provide 12VDC power for the unit at the table. You will want to get one of
those.
I have had no significant problems sitting at the table and capturing
enough satellites using the internal antenna. Occasionally, the satellite
constellation will be sparse and the unit will drop in and out. Putting the
remote antenna [that came with the unit] in the kitchen window fixes that. I
have flown with the 2000C clamped on the yoke of the C-172 I fly and had no
problems acquiring with the internal antenna -- but as a matter of course, I
use the remote antenna on the glareshield. I don't have it velcro'd down so
sometimes in bumpy air it bounces in my field-of-view. I seldom use the
external antenna when I use the 2000C in the car on the road.

Summary: The on-device programming is adequate, but I prefer using the
computer. The sensitivity is fine on internal antenna, but I prefer using
the external. Most of my trips are to destinations I've already loaded and
saved on the SD disk so the only time I have to do any programming is a new
destination or for a different set of scenery. [Most of those are also
covered by previous trips.]

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Regards,

Casey Wilson
Freelance Writer
and Photographer