Pricegrabber.com reveals a couple dealers selling the GPS76 for under $151.00
delivered.
Jack - N7OO
----- Original Message -----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 8:46 PM
Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] GPS Navigational units
I see the Garmin GPS76 offered from some dealers on the internet as low as
about $159 with $5.99 shipping.
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Lemmon
Sent: Jul 8, 2007 7:11 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] GPS Navigational units
Don,
I have owned a number of GPS receivers over the years, and I feel that the
Garmin GPS76 is about the best non-professional GPS receiver I have used.
It doesn't have the centimeter-level accuracy of my Ashtech survey-grade
receiver, but it comes about as close as you can get without post-processing
of differential data.
The main features that the GPS76 (not the same as the GPS76MAP) has are a
fairly large display, an external antenna jack, a power/data connection, and
WAAS (Wide-Area Augmentation System) capability. Don't even think about
buying a GPS receiver that doesn't have a jack for an external antenna. The
power/data connection allows me to record position every two seconds on a
GPS Datalogger, along with the date, time, speed, heading, and elevation.
This is great for charting rural roads, bike rides, and off-road travels.
When used with a high-end mapping program like Ozi Explorer, it is an
extremely capable tool. My GPS76 is mounted in my SUV using an articulated
mount from RAM- very rugged and handy.
When used with a magnetic (or permanently-mounted) remote antenna on the car
roof, the GPS76 can achieve horizontal positioning errors below 3 meters in
3-D Differential Mode. That's very good for a unit that costs less than
$500!
73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
-----Original Message-----
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Kupferschmidt
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 5:53 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] GPS Navigational units
Hi to the group,
I've been following the acronyms thread - somewhat off subject but I learned
a lot.
So it appears that repeater-builder lets the authors deviate from the
original subject matter.
I guess that even though my subject isn't directly related to the topic of
repeater building, it will probably have some good comments by the 3600+
list members.
I need to buy a good GPS navigational unit for my work. There are the major
players, like garwin and tomtom, to name a few.
Can any one give me some good advice on what to buy? What's good, bad,
indifferent out there? What are some good features that the units have that
you have / like?
Majority of good reviews win. I buy that unit.
Don't let me down - I'm counting on you guys.
TIA,
Don, KD9PT
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