[aprssig] Lowrance HDS-5 Baja Off-Road GPS Chartplotter and APRS

[Dave Baxter]

I'd have thought a laptop on a RAM mount, would have been less cost,
more flexible, and with a solid state disk, rugged too.

Dave G0WBX.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent Olsen [mailto:ridgerunner at dslextreme.com] 
> Sent: 25 October 2009 19:37
> To: jason at ke4nyv.com; TAPR APRS Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Lowrance HDS-5 Baja Off-Road GPS 
> Chartplotter and APRS
> 
> Garmin is not an option! I am installing this in a Jeep and 
> need the capability of the Lowrance.
> 
> Are you telling me that APRS will not work with this GPS??
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Rausch" <jason at ke4nyv.com>
> To: "TAPR APRS Mailing List" <aprssig at tapr.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 8:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Lowrance HDS-5 Baja Off-Road GPS 
> Chartplotter and APRS
> 
> 
> Depending on the price, it might be worth looking at a 
> similar Garmin model. 
> If you go with a refurb unit, you might get somthing even 
> better for the same price or at least close to it.
> 
> Jason KE4NYV
> RPC Electronics, LLC
> www.rpc-electronics.com
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 10/25/09, Kent Olsen <ridgerunner at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Kent Olsen <ridgerunner at dslextreme.com>
> > Subject: [aprssig] Lowrance HDS-5 Baja Off-Road GPS 
> Chartplotter and 
> > APRS
> > To: aprssig at tapr.org
> > Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 8:01 AM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > This is the GPS
> > I plan on getting in the next month and was wondering if it
> >
> > will work with a
> > Kenwood TM-D710A?
> > http://www.lowrance.com/Products/Automotive/HDS-5-Baja/
> >
> > Under the specs it says it
> > has:
> > NMEA 0183
> > Input
> > NMEA 0183 Interface up to 38,400 baud
> > NMEA 2000 Pending
> > Certification
> > NMEA Output 0183/2000
> > Connectors NMEA 2000(r), NMEA 0183 and
> > Ethernet
> >
> > One question I have is can I upload info from the radio to 
> the GPS to 
> > show someone's location as an Icon??
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ken
> > KF6PLH
> >
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