[aprssig] What is the best GPS Data RX on the market now?

[Scott Miller]

The Colorado 300 is very nice (I have some minor complaints about how 
the click wheel navigation works, but I've gotten used to it) and the 
APRS support is great.  With the Tracker2 (and probably eventually other 
APRS devices) you'll get appropriate symbols, altitudes, and comment 
text for each station.

The topo maps are MUCH more readable than the ones I've used on older 
models - the larger screen area and resolution helps a lot.  Here are a 
few screen shots...

http://n1vg.net/images/225.jpg
http://n1vg.net/images/260.jpg
http://n1vg.net/images/186.jpg

Scott
N1VG

k4rjj at bellsouth.net wrote:
>   http://www.topchoicedigital.com/viewproduct.aspx?id=9942892&l=Froogle
> 
> Looks like my next handheld! 
> 
>     -------------- Original message from Scott Miller
>     <scott at opentrac.org>: --------------
> 
> 
>      > And if anyone cares, here's my own custom 5-conductor mini-B
>     cable and
>      > some notes on how to get NMEA out of these things:
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > At a minimum, you need a 12k resistor and 5v power source. It'll put
>      > out TTL serial data.
>      >
>      > Scott
>      > N1VG
>      >
>      > Paul Vittorino wrote:
>      > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:20 PM, J T wrote:
>      > >> Supposedly Garmin has an RS-232 cable in works for their
>     Colorado series of
>      > >> handhelds, too, which will be nice to use with APRS thanks to
>     their larger
>      > >> display.
>      > > Here is the link to the powered serial cable that works with the
>      > > Oregon (except for the 200) and Colorado
>      > >
>      > >
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