[aprssig] How about a new TH-7D with this?

[gerheim at cox.net]

If I'm not mistaken, the GPS units in cell phones use "lightweight" GPS algorithms.  The math is faster, cheaper, and less accurate.  I'm not familiar with the details, but my understanding is that a cell phone GPS capability is pretty poor.  


---- Amateur Radio WB8NUT <duffy at wb8nut.com> wrote: 
> I thought for sure that Kenwood would have introduced a new TH-7D 
> handheld at Dayton this year with had an integrated GPS unit built into 
> the radio. If cell phones can have a GPS, why not a handheld?
> 
> Seems Kenwood has been very slow to update their radios. But heck, at 
> least they have APRS radios. Don't even understand why Icom and Yaesu 
> have never introduced anything.
> 
> JMHO
> 
> Duffy
> www.wb8nut.com
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