Re: [Aus-soaring] XCOM 760

2009-06-02 Thread Tim Shirley
Brian wrote: G'day We are thinking of putting an XCOM 760 Transceiver in our glider. Our main reason is to allow us to monitor the local CTAF whilst being on a glider frequency. This radio seems to do all that we want. Any feedback on the XCOM 760 please? Brian

[Aus-soaring] Waypoint files

2009-06-02 Thread Colin Campbell
I have purchased a Binatone Carerra in car navigation system and loaded xcsoar, but need a waypoint file in Cambridge format. I use Seeyou on my PC, which uses CUP file format. The options are to obtain a conversion program or if ask any kind person to email a copy of their cambridge waypoint

Re: [Aus-soaring] Waypoint files

2009-06-02 Thread Ross McLean
Have you tried the Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange? http://soaringweb.org/TP/AU.html Cheers, ROSS _ From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Colin Campbell Sent: Wednesday, 3 June 2009 10:29 AM To:

Re: [Aus-soaring] XCOM 760

2009-06-02 Thread Chris Woolley
Hi Brian, One important thing to note in dual watch mode. In the XCOM Users Manual 2.0 on page 12 it states In Dual Watch mode make sure the squelch is set 2 units above the static otherwise it may not work correctly... What I believe this actually means is that if and only if you are in dual

Re: [Aus-soaring] Waypoint files

2009-06-02 Thread Tim Shirley
Colin Campbell wrote: I have purchased a Binatone Carerra in car navigation system and loaded xcsoar, but need a waypoint file in Cambridge format. I use Seeyou on my PC, which uses CUP file format. The options are to obtain a conversion program or if ask any kind person to email a copy of

Re: [Aus-soaring] Waypoint files

2009-06-02 Thread Phil
Hi Colin The worldwide soaring turnpoint exchange has the turnpoint files in a multitude of different formats - including various cambridge formats. - just download the one you want! For those in South Aus, Peter Temple and I combined the various files for the area collected over the years

Re: [Aus-soaring] Waypoint files

2009-06-02 Thread Mike Borgelt
Colin, The WWSTPX has all the files in various formats already. Just download them. I thought XCSoar used WinPilot format. I think it is the same as Cambridge. For those with B500/B2000/B2500 ignore the Borgelt formatted files on the exchange. They are wrong. I told them but it hasn't

Re: [Aus-soaring] Waypoint files

2009-06-02 Thread Colin Campbell
Thanks When I looked at this site earlier' I thought they were just text files. Silly me! R Colin C On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Tim Shirley tshir...@internode.on.netwrote: Colin Campbell wrote: I have purchased a Binatone Carerra in car navigation system and loaded xcsoar, but need a

Re: [Aus-soaring] Waypoint files

2009-06-02 Thread John Orton
Hi Colin,Seeyou will export/save files in Cambridge format as well as many others. Paul Remde of Cumulus Soaring, Inc has made a great set of training videos available. Have a look at http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/training.htm#Training-SeeYou

Re: [Aus-soaring] Waypoint files

2009-06-02 Thread DMcD
HA Actually the cup format is really smart. It is just a plain CSV file which can be read in a word processor or spreadsheet and formatted into almost any other format. With a program such as SeeYou or a text editor like BBedit, it is possible to sort the list, remove duplicates and append new

Re: [Aus-soaring] Waypoint files

2009-06-02 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 12:28 PM 3/06/2009, you wrote: HA Actually the cup format is really smart. It is just a plain CSV file which can be read in a word processor or spreadsheet and formatted into almost any other format. The Cambridge/WinPilot *.dat files are just text also. Open and edit with NotePad and

Re: [Aus-soaring] Waypoint files

2009-06-02 Thread harry medlicott
Hi Colin, The Binatone Carrera looks interesting and a reasonable way to display XC Soar. Would be interesed in just how you set it up. Would appreciate an email about it, Thanks, Harry Medlicott hw.medlic...@bigpond.com - Original Message - From: Colin Campbell To:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Waypoint files

2009-06-02 Thread Jim Staniforth
  This stuff is a bit new to me too, as I have normally been using WinPilot. SeeYou Mobile was version 1 when I compared them all, but has come a LONG way since.   The Binatone Carrera may have similar features to the Navigon 2100max. The US $90 Navigon has a 4.3 screen, and is about the same