On Jun 7, 5:49*pm, "Ken Kochanski (KK)"
wrote:
Anybody using a bluetooth GPS unit to support navigation on a PDA ...
in a glider?

If yes, appreciate if you can mention what hardware and software you
are using ....

Do you gave any reliability issues ... any issues with RF
interference, etc ....

thanks,

KK

I am using a BTGPS and HP ipaq 4700 running WinPilot that communicate
via bluetooth. It works fine. There's a little front end work to do
before you take off as you have to establish bluetooth communications
with between the two devices and then fire up WinPilot. But it works
fine every time.

I noticed that the GPS eats batteries like popcorn so I added a 12v to
5 v converter to my panel and power both the GPS and my ipaq off of
the glider battery. As a result, I get some kind of electrical pulse
on my electrical system that breaks the squelch on my radio about once
every two seconds. If I unplug the ipaq from converter and just run
it off it's internal battery, the problem goes away. I'd like to fix
that but I can live with it as the ipaq battery lasts as long as I
want to fly normally.