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

[Tyson S.]

A bit of the processing is done at the cell phone tower for the tiny
brain of the cell phone GPS.

--- gerheim at cox.net wrote:

> 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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