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GPS for PDA
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I recently bought a Holux M-1200 bluetooth GPS receiver to be used with my PDA. It sort of works - but has one "minor" problem - when I curve, it often can't acquire good signal and gets really confused. Ofcourse I could just avoid curving, but living in a very flat country, it's the only way I can stay up. Has anyone else had these kind of problems with the M-1200? Any suggestions for a GPS receiver (preferrably bluetooth, but CF could be a possibility)? I like the M-1200's ability to do 5 updates/sec. and I'd like the new one to do that too. Best regards, Morten Wartou |
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On May 20, 6:42*pm, "Morten Wartou"
wrote: Hi! I recently bought a Holux M-1200 bluetooth GPS receiver to be used with my PDA. It sort of works - but has one "minor" problem - when I curve, it often can't acquire good signal and gets really confused. Ofcourse I could just avoid curving, but living in a very flat country, it's the only way I can stay up. Has anyone else had these kind of problems with the M-1200? Any suggestions for a GPS receiver (preferrably bluetooth, but CF could be a possibility)? I like the M-1200's ability to do 5 updates/sec. and I'd like the new one to do that too. You could experiment with where you put the bluetooth GPS in the glider. Or, if you use a data logger you could see about taking a feed from that to the PDA - that will mean that you can be absolutely sure that your trace won't include any airspace infringements! However you might well not get 5 updates/second going down that route. |
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On May 20, 11:27 am, Cats wrote:
On May 20, 6:42 pm, "Morten Wartou" wrote: Hi! I recently bought a Holux M-1200 bluetooth GPS receiver to be used with my PDA. It sort of works - but has one "minor" problem - when I curve, it often can't acquire good signal and gets really confused. Ofcourse I could just avoid curving, but living in a very flat country, it's the only way I can stay up. Has anyone else had these kind of problems with the M-1200? Any suggestions for a GPS receiver (preferrably bluetooth, but CF could be a possibility)? I like the M-1200's ability to do 5 updates/sec. and I'd like the new one to do that too. You could experiment with where you put the bluetooth GPS in the glider. Or, if you use a data logger you could see about taking a feed from that to the PDA - that will mean that you can be absolutely sure that your trace won't include any airspace infringements! However you might well not get 5 updates/second going down that route. I have great results using a 'freedom keychain GPS' into an IPAQ 3790. http://blog.treonauts.com/2008/02/freedom-keychai.html but I don't think the 5/sec. update is going to happen. Nice $100 backup GPS though. |
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Morten Wartou wrote:
Any suggestions for a GPS receiver (preferrably bluetooth, but CF could be a possibility)? I like the M-1200's ability to do 5 updates/sec. and I'd like the new one to do that too. Why do you like the fast update rate? It takes my glider at least a second to even begin doing anything. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA * Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly * Updated! "Transponders in Sailplanes" http://tinyurl.com/y739x4 * New Jan '08 - sections on Mode S, TPAS, ADS-B, Flarm, more * "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" at www.motorglider.org |
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On May 20, 10:42*am, "Morten Wartou"
wrote: Hi! I recently bought a Holux M-1200 bluetooth GPS receiver to be used with my PDA. It sort of works - but has one "minor" problem - when I curve, it often can't acquire good signal and gets really confused. Ofcourse I could just avoid curving, but living in a very flat country, it's the only way I can stay up. Has anyone else had these kind of problems with the M-1200? Any suggestions for a GPS receiver (preferrably bluetooth, but CF could be a possibility)? I like the M-1200's ability to do 5 updates/sec. and I'd like the new one to do that too. Best regards, * * Morten Wartou Hello I use a holux 1000 with good results on a palm PDA. I orderd a BT blue with auto on and sleep, but this unit would drop out and go into sleep mode . The 1000 works great I can pick up a signal in the house with no problem. Jim M |
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