[aprssig] Newer GARMIN and APRS

[Stephen H. Smith]

Ev Batey WA6CRE wrote on 1/20/2005, 6:13 AM:

 > I've so enjoyed till it has become flakey my GPS-V with THD-7 and
 > mapping my ARES buddies at events.
 >
 > Do any of the NEWER Garmin e.g. 2610/2620, USB connected support the
 > same features without a computer in the middle?

NO!

No USB-only GPS is going to be of any use with APRS devices like the D7, 
TNCs or TinyTraks.   This is an inherent limitation of USB devices, in 
that they need a "master" (i.e. computer) with a device-specific driver 
to assign them an identity.






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