At 13:53 17 April 2018, Senna Van den Bosch wrote:
Op dinsdag 17 april 2018 13:49:12 UTC+2 schreef Martin Gregorie:
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:00:57 +0100, Nick Hill wrote:
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On 17/04/2018 08:31, Senna Van den Bosch wrote:
Since my FLARM doesn't have an SD card slot, I'm looking for an easy
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use IGC logger.
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Right now, I can get the EW IGC-logger microRecorder for =E2=82=AC
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, which
has built in GPS, antenna, SD card and USB cable in the box.


I have one of these, which has always worked well for me.=20
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It records on a 2GB SD card, which is easy to pop out when you're=20
downloading the log from it.
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Its only drawback as far as I'm concerned is its power switch, which
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of the "always powered pushbutton" type. The problem here is that,
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the winter when the logger is not being used, is that the
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will flatten fully charged batteries in a bit over three months by=20
watching the switch for the 'turn on' press and, because these are
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chemistry, letting them go flat for any length of time wrecks them.=20
However:
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- All you need do to avoid this problem is to remember to charge the
Microrecorder every couple of months.
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- The batteries are a set of four NiMH AA cells kept as a flat package,
with white shrink-wrap plastic and fitted with a connector on the end
of a short cable. They can be replaced without breaking the security
seal and, if you're happy to use a soldering iron, you can make up a
replacement pack rather than buying one from EW.
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Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

Would it be a problem to fix the GPS antenna of the EW MicroRecorder next
to the FLARM antenna?

It could be. You can get interferance between the two.

In answer to an earlier question, it you put any antenna in your pocket, it
could be masked by your body and inhibit receiving from some directions. A
clear view if the sky is always the ideal.