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I don't know if the GPS-18x comes with Garmin's MapSource software, but if it does, it can download all the stuff from your older units. My 10 year old GPS-III was dieing about a year and a half ago (dead pixel streaks across the screen), and I upgraded to an eTrex Vista HCx. The software that came with the unit had no problem downloading from the GPS-III and uploading to the eTrex. (The eTrex isn't for you - no serial port.)<br><br>I looked on the Garmin site, and the MapSource software that you can download is claimed not to work unless you already have a copy, otherwise I'd suggest you take it for a spin before deciding what to do. Alternatively, perhaps you can find someone else with a Garmin unit and MapSource software, and use their system do back up your data.<br><br>Good luck,<br><br>Greg KO6TH<br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: k4gpsc@gmail.com<br>To: aprssig@tapr.org<br>Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:01:40 -0500<br>Subject: Re: [aprssig] What is the best GPS Data RX on the market now?Answer: GPS 18x<br><br>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span class="EC_182435414-25012009">Exactly the altitude limit that really does not concern
me too much since I don't do any balloon stuff. I'll see where else on the net I
can find a 18x for a good price, I am guessing they can be found for about
$50-$60. </span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span class="EC_182435414-25012009">Next
thing I got to do is take the GPSII and GPS V waypoints that I have and suck
them out of the units before they totally die. Displays are going south and I am
getting some sort of wierd errors when the GPSII locks on. Friday my wife was in
the other county then appeared in Central Mexico and just sat there, location
was wrong but I think the timestamp continued to be correct. The Kenwood
continued to Xmit the location and I think it's smart enough to look to see if
it's a valid sentence and xmit or not. I'll probably buy a Nuvi for actual
navigation and got to see if I can transfer the old data over to the new ones, I
have about 13 years of waypoints from accross the country saved up which I would
like to keep. </span></font></div>
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<div class="EC_OutlookMessageHeader" dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> J T
[mailto:w0jrt@yahoo.com]<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 24, 2009 6:02
PM<br><b>To:</b> TAPR APRS Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [aprssig] What
is the best GPS Data RX on the market now?Answer: GPS 18x<br><br></font></div>
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<td valign="top">Can you be more specific? I have multiple GPS 18
units and even one GPS 18x running, with some of them attached to D700s
and I've never had a problem. The only issue that I've heard about
is that the very early GPS 18x units (the 18x is the high-sensitivity
replacement for the now or soon to be discontinued GPS 18) had an
altitude limit in that they would no longer report altitudes if the unit
went above 60,000 feet, but that issue was resolved with a firmware
upgrade several months ago. I just looked at Scott's page and it
still mentions this bug, but that page is outdated since the bug has
been fixed. Even if you have one of the early GPS 18x units you
can upgrade the firmware which is available at garmin.com.<br><br>I've
had nothing but excellent results with both the GPS 18x and the older
GPS 18. I'd highly recommend using the GPS 18x. It's been
reliable and has very fast acquisition.<br><br>-Jerome, W0JRT<br><br>---
On <b>Sat, 1/24/09, Rich Garcia <i><k4gpsc@gmail.com></i></b>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><pre>Scott's web page and it seems Garmin has a problem currently with the GPS18<br><br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br></blockquote><br /><hr />Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. <a href='http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_012009' target='_new'>Check it out.</a></body>
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