Hi Bob! > The Kenwood D7 APRS HT and D700 and D710 mobiles display > gridsquare directly (assuming a GPS is plugged into it. The new > D72 coming out in the next month or so has the GPS built in, > making for a trivial package to carry. > > I had assumed that the Yaesu VX-8R, DR, and GR APRS HT's also > read out directly the grid square? But your next sentence seems > to imply otherwise.. Hummh... > ><snip>
Unfortunately, Yaesu did not choose to provide a grid-square display on the GPS for any of the VX-8 handhelds. I have not seen the FTM-350 with its optional GPS, to see if it is any different than the VX-8 radios. The displays for the VX-8R I previously had and my current VX-8GR shows the latitude and longitude, speed, altitude, time, a compass heading, and how many GPS satellites are being used to determine your location. It would have been nice to have the grid show up on the display (possibly by a turn of the VFO knob, similar to how you bring the time up on the GPS display of the VX-8GR), but I'm Ok with what I get on the VX-8GR display. For its intended purpose, the VX-8GR is perfect as is. I can use my Garmin GPS to figure out where the grid boundaries are. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
