Sadly, the radio is buried in a reinforced concrete bunker, and we have limited feedline access to the outside world. This makes using the GPS antenna "not attractive".
Thanks for the comments! Jim WB8AZP -----Original Message----- From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel G. Thompson Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 2:35 PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Fooling the GPS firmware in an IC2820 to display position data without a GPS sig Jim, If you can run a cable to the radio from a GPS why can't you run the little tiny wire for the GPS antenna ?? The radio comes (if you buy the DStar ready one) with a 20+ foot cable attached to the GPS antenna. So my question is, if you can get a serial cable to the radio, why not just make the the cable the gps antenna cable so that you can use the features? Dan Thompson d...@waycom.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "jkvochick" <k...@att.net> To: <dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 11:09 AM Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Fooling the GPS firmware in an IC2820 to display position data without a GPS sig >I have a 2820 installed in a place where receiving a GPS signal would >be very, very, difficult. > > Sadly, without receiving a valid GPS signature, some of the other cool > features, like distance to station doesn't work. > > Since this radio is installed in a fixed location, I was wondering if > you could inject an appropriate rs232 signal from say an Arduino > microprocessor board, so that the internal units believed they had > valid psiiton data? > > Jim WB8AZP > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please TRIM your replies or set your email program not to include the > original message in reply unless needed for clarity. ThanksYahoo! > Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ Please TRIM your replies or set your email program not to include the original message in reply unless needed for clarity. ThanksYahoo! Groups Links
