[aprssig] Garmin GPS-18 power saving.

[Ron McCoy]

Bob,

Do you have a web page or other documentation for this project? It's an area
I'm interested in.

Ron
KI4KKD

-----Original Message-----
From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org]
On Behalf Of Robert Bruninga
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 2:37 PM
To: aprssig at lists.tapr.org
Subject: [aprssig] Garmin GPS-18 power saving.

I just reduced the 60 mA of my GPS-18 to 40 mA
by clipping out the LED in the cigarette lighter plug.

Thats a power saving of 33% and is significant
in our ocean going APRS buoy we will be deploying
soon.  I was amazed. (now I hope that the LED
is not somehow otherwise involved in the circuit.
We'll see.

Bob, WB4APR





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