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Using a laptop, in a vehicle with a passenger side airbag, may not be
the safest thing to do.<br>
<br>
OTOH, I just checked eBay and they have Garmin 60CS going for about
$200.00. For road, turn-by-turn navigation you'll need City Navigator
and perhaps an external antenna.<br>
<br>
I'm using a 60CS in my truck for APRS and it even displays the location
of the stations received on a color screen. Memory is limited to 64
megs so if planning long trips you may need to reload maps from a
laptop but in state, that is enough.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">73 de Amir K9CHP, member ARRL, AMSAT #36083</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">K9 Training Officer, Cayuga County Highland SAR, <a
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<p class="MsoNormal">K9 Certification Tester, NYS Federation of SAR
Teams <a href="http://www.nysfedsar.org/">www.nysfedsar.org</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1<sup>st</sup> Special Response Group (1SRG) <a
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<p class="MsoNormal">Apprentice Tracker, Joel Hardin Professional
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Dave Sloan wrote:
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size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy;">Hello,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> I’ve got
a friend
KC7GOL that wants to get a GPS for use with APRS. He would also like to
be able
to have a screen so that he can read the lat, long, and altitude. In
addition he
would like to be able to use the same GPS for trips with maps loaded in
it. He
would like to spend less than $200.00 for the GPS. Is there a GPS that
would
meet these requirements? In stead of using the GPS for maps I think
that he
should just use his laptop with one of the APRS programs loaded. Then
connect
his GPS, Radio, TNC, and laptop all together and he would have
everything that
he wants. Then the requirements for the GPS would be: NEMA output, and
a screen
to read the lat, long, and altitude. This would reduce the price of the
GPS
considerably. Now any recommendations on which GPS he should look at
that might
even make it in under his $200.00 price range?</span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">TNX & 73,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Dave N0EOP</span></font></p>
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