which handheld gps?

i really appreciate all the help here. this is not an easy (or cheap)
issue. what i have now is a lowrance ifinder which is a non-avaition
unit. really, the more i use it the more i like it. it's kinda like
russian equipment. simple, solid . i'm sort of suprised here. i
started out thinking that garmin was the avaition best but now i
wonder.

is there any real utility (ifr??) in the garmin that's lacking in the
lowrance?? as lovely as the avmap is i just can't get past the power
issue. pda is still an open issue.

dan

Houstondan,

i
started out thinking that garmin was the avaition best but now i
wonder.

It's just that their market share is REAL big. That's all.

is there any real utility (ifr??) in the garmin that's lacking in the
lowrance??

Not really. Handheld units are never IFR certified. Otherwise, you'll
have to compare features like resolution, battery endurance, street
navigation (if that's important to you) and - important - the number of
accessories that are included in the base price.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

is there any real utility (ifr??) in the garmin that's lacking in the
lowrance??


Not really. Handheld units are never IFR certified.
snip

I've never used Lowrance, but agree that AFAIK there's no compelling reason the
Garmins are any better than Lowrance.

I also agree that handheld units are never IFR certified, but I don't think
that's relevant to the question of whether they have utility. A handheld GPS
navigator has a great deal of utility IFR, in my opinion.

Dave,

A handheld GPS
navigator has a great deal of utility IFR, in my opinion.


Oh, I absolutely agree! I may have misunderstood Dan's message.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:20:11 +0100, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

is there any real utility (ifr??) in the garmin that's lacking in the
lowrance??

Not really. Handheld units are never IFR certified.

You could certainly use the 296 (or the 196 for that matter) to get
out of clouds. That's fairly important to me, since the Cub does not
have IFR instruments.

Dunno about the Lowrance, but a wowzer feature in the 296 is its
terrain avoidance page. I used it once to find a radio tower that's
handy for navigation but on that particular day wasn't visible in the
haze.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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Which brings me to my question...

I have a PDA and would like to toy around with a GPS, what CF GPS card is
acceptable for a GPS to mess around with while flying? I do not really
want something that has a big external antenna, or requires external
power... Are there any good options for a reasonable price?

"houstondan" wrote:
is there any real utility (ifr??) in the garmin that's lacking in the
lowrance?? as lovely as the avmap is i just can't get past the power
issue. pda is still an open issue.

dan

--
Mike Flyin'8

On 27 Jan 2005 07:52:17 -0800, "houstondan"
wrote:

what i have now is a lowrance ifinder which is a non-avaition
unit. really, the more i use it the more i like it.

My Garmin III+ was a non-aviation unit. I downloaded a five-dollar
"data chunk" of airports etc within 200 miles and installed Easy GPS
free software on my computer to massage the waypoints.
www.pipercubforum.com/garmin.htm Like your setup, it worked reliably
and well for me. Of course my needs are few: I don't travel far from
home and I almost never have occasion to fly into a towered airport.

That said, the Garmin 296 has wonderful features. It's (literally)
like getting a flat-screen color TV after years with the old BW.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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Jonathan,
I agree. I could not see trying to operate the PDA with a stylus in
turbulence. This factor in combination with the small PDA display area
were the reasons we went with the Lowrance Airmap 1000.

Hai Longworth

yep...that's where i was getting on the pda issue...izzit going to be
too small and surely they don't expect me to use that silly
stylus-thing (sorry). and that screen is going to get really, really
busy with all that airplane stuff.

pretty much decided to do the lowrance 1000 and unless i can find a
hole in the next day or so it's bought. can't wait. i guess i'll buy
the cd for, like, 25$ although i feel my off has been ripped in that
regard.

let me gush for a minute here and say that y'all and these boards, i
come in thru google to avaition: student, pilot and owner boards, just
are not like the net at all. everyone is so helpful and just nice.
you guys have helped me a lot here as i get started on this flying
stuff. i can't thank y'all enough.

you know what sold me on lowrance? back when i was fishing, i would
use something to bash the fish on the head...stun him...before i
started cutting. my ifinder would work fine for that. and keep on
tickin. looks like i saved something like ...well, for sure over a
grand. kewl.


thanks!!!!!!!!


dan