[aprssig] RE: USB GPS receiver

[Stephen H. Smith]

web8ck at yahoo.com wrote:

>here is a link to the pic of my unit.  I can't find
>the box, so I don't have the manual handy.  
>
>http://www.qsl.net/kc8bew/gps.htm
>fyi: It may take a few seconds to load.
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>
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Yep.   It a purely USB device without a removable/adaptable cable 
assembly.   As I said in a previous post, this device WILL ONLY WORK 
WITH A PC. 


On a PC, a suitable software driver can make it look like a virtual 
serial port for the benefit of programs such as APRS applications that 
don't know how to talk to USB.        It will be totally unusable 
directly with a non-PC serial-interfaced device like a TinyTrack, D700, 
TNC, etc....



Stephen H. Smith    wa8lmf (at) aol.com
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