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Experience with Portable GPS Units? - Ralph L. Fullenwider - 04-20-2006 14:19 Gery: I just toss the delorme on the dash near the windshield and hook up to the lap top. Works great. Also I can vouch for Roy Andersons unit, that puppy certainly gets the job done. Safe travels, Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm At 07:14 PM 4/20/2006 -0400, you wrote: >Gery, i believe ralph got my Delorme to work inside one of our coaches. >ernie Ekberg, 83pt40 in louisiana > > Experience with Portable GPS Units? - Jeff Miller - 04-20-2006 14:20 The gps will not receive through the steel skin. It therefore will see sky through the windshield and some thorough the side glass. When you are in a valley or road cut into mountains, you will need enough "birds" above to ahead of the coach to maintain coverage. Same deal in a city around buildings. Having my GPS lose coverage temporarily in some conditions where the terrain is blocking some of the available birds, I added an external antenna to my Garmin GPS with great results. I wouldn't go back to not having a 360degree view of the sky, much more reliable. - Jeff Miller in Holland, MI --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "gerhardwilliams" wrote: > > I am contemplating purchase of a "portable" GPS unit for use in our coach. I am concerned as > to whether or not it will operate inside our steel "skin" and with our straight up and down > windows. The unit picks up the satellite from the rear of the GPS receiver. I can not try it > first, as sellers will not allow return if unsuccessful. Thus, I ask the forum if you have any > experience? Thanks, Gery Williams, Lady LeeAnn, 2000LXI, Savannah, Georgia > Experience with Portable GPS Units? - sfedeli3 - 04-20-2006 14:21 Hi Gery, I have a GPS Map 76S from Garmin that works great sitting in the front windshield. They make a mount and external antenna that will give you better signals, but mine works fine sitting against the window. Shane Fedeli 85PT40 Hershey, PA --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "gerhardwilliams" > > I am contemplating purchase of a "portable" GPS unit for use in our coach. I am concerned as > to whether or not it will operate inside our steel "skin" and with our straight up and down > windows. The unit picks up the satellite from the rear of the GPS receiver. I can not try it > first, as sellers will not allow return if unsuccessful. Thus, I ask the forum if you have any > experience? Thanks, Gery Williams, Lady LeeAnn, 2000LXI, Savannah, Georgia > Experience with Portable GPS Units? - Craig McGray - 04-20-2006 14:47 Hey Gery, If you mean portable as to being able to grab it and put it in another vehicle quickly and go, then the other guys on this forum have it done right with the Garmin stand-alone units, i.e. - 2610 or some other Garmin unit. But there is another way to do it if you have a Bluetooth compatible Pocket PC or Bluetooth compatible computer and that is the Garmin GPS 10 Bluetooth receiver , http://www.garmin.com/products/gps10/ . Give it a look and see if that will work for you. It has a Velcro backing for adhesion to any location inside the vehicle, but it also has a magnetic back plate that might be able to attach somewhere outside the coach or under some vent cover. It looks like an option. It also comes with nRoute software that you can put on your laptop and have a huge area screen to look at with no wires attached to your laptop. Didn't mean to be long-winded. Craig McGray -----Original Message----- From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of gerhardwilliams Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:17 PM To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Experience with Portable GPS Units? I am contemplating purchase of a "portable" GPS unit for use in our coach. I am concerned as to whether or not it will operate inside our steel "skin" and with our straight up and down windows. The unit picks up the satellite from the rear of the GPS receiver. I can not try it first, as sellers will not allow return if unsuccessful. Thus, I ask the forum if you have any experience? Thanks, Gery Williams, Lady LeeAnn, 2000LXI, Savannah, Georgia Yahoo! Groups Links Experience with Portable GPS Units? - Richard Hayden - 04-20-2006 14:59 Jeff, Which Garmin do you have? Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Miller To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:20 PM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Experience with Portable GPS Units? The gps will not receive through the steel skin. It therefore will see sky through the windshield and some thorough the side glass. When you are in a valley or road cut into mountains, you will need enough "birds" above to ahead of the coach to maintain coverage. Same deal in a city around buildings. Having my GPS lose coverage temporarily in some conditions where the terrain is blocking some of the available birds, I added an external antenna to my Garmin GPS with great results. I wouldn't go back to not having a 360degree view of the sky, much more reliable. - Jeff Miller in Holland, MI --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "gerhardwilliams" wrote: > > I am contemplating purchase of a "portable" GPS unit for use in our coach. I am concerned as > to whether or not it will operate inside our steel "skin" and with our straight up and down > windows. The unit picks up the satellite from the rear of the GPS receiver. I can not try it > first, as sellers will not allow return if unsuccessful. Thus, I ask the forum if you have any > experience? 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It acquires quickly and can be placed anywhere on the dash or doghouse with no problem. - Chuck Wheeler - 82 FC 31 SB Fort Worth, TX -----Original Message----- From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Hayden Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:15 PM To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Experience with Portable GPS Units? We have one that sets on the dash in front and as close to the windshield as possible and it is only marginally successful. It seems it fails to receive enough "birds" just when you need it most. On our last WL I had roof mounted a GPS that only had a serial port for the computer. That particular unit is no longer available and they don't have any plans to make the "replacement" USB ended. So we would stuck using the very old computer as it has a serial port. The new ones do not usually. Sooo, I'm still looking. For good coverage I think it is important to mount the unit on the roof or at least outside, that worked great for us before. Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lk Stevens, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: gerhardwilliams To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 3:16 PM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Experience with Portable GPS Units? I am contemplating purchase of a "portable" GPS unit for use in our coach. I am concerned as to whether or not it will operate inside our steel "skin" and with our straight up and down windows. The unit picks up the satellite from the rear of the GPS receiver. I can not try it first, as sellers will not allow return if unsuccessful. Thus, I ask the forum if you have any experience? Thanks, Gery Williams, Lady LeeAnn, 2000LXI, Savannah, Georgia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. 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GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "WanderlodgeForum <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WanderlodgeForum> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: WanderlodgeForum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . _____ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Experience with Portable GPS Units? - fred89sp - 04-29-2006 04:12 I put mine below the glass of the sunroof which is where I also place my E-Zpass tag. --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "gerhardwilliams" > > I am contemplating purchase of a "portable" GPS unit for use in our coach. I am concerned as > to whether or not it will operate inside our steel "skin" and with our straight up and down > windows. The unit picks up the satellite from the rear of the GPS receiver. I can not try it > first, as sellers will not allow return if unsuccessful. Thus, I ask the forum if you have any > experience? Thanks, Gery Williams, Lady LeeAnn, 2000LXI, Savannah, Georgia > Experience with Portable GPS Units? - fwernlein - 04-29-2006 04:32 I use both a hand held GPS and a GPS enabled laptop: The handheld at times must be moved/held near the front or side windows to get a sky view that has good sat signal. Just sitting on the console on my FC, about 30 inches from the windshield and about 40 inches from either side window up front, I get about a 50% tracking rate. The laptop has a antenna that is on a cable. 95% of the time, I have good GPS tracking when this antenna pad is stuck on a square of velcro right on the top of the upper dash. This is about 6" from the front glass, and about 15" from the drivers side glass. I get about the same 95% when I stick the antenna on the front side of interior rear view mirror. If I were looking at a semi-fixed type mount GPS, i would try to pick one that at least offered the option of a remote mount antenna, and place a couple of velcro pads around the front dash area. But if i had to guess...a high mounted front of the dash mount would likely see similar results to my current laptop system. Frank W. 85FC33 Woodbridge, VA. > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "gerhardwilliams" > > > > > I am contemplating purchase of a "portable" GPS unit for use in our > coach. I am concerned as > > to whether or not it will operate inside our steel "skin" and with > our straight up and down > > windows. The unit picks up the satellite from the rear of the GPS > receiver. I can not try it > > first, as sellers will not allow return if unsuccessful. Thus, I > ask the forum if you have any > > experience? Thanks, Gery Williams, Lady LeeAnn, 2000LXI, Savannah, > Georgia > > > Experience with Portable GPS Units? - Joe Hagan - 04-29-2006 15:45 Gery: I use a Garmin GPSMap--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "rrob@..." > > Gery I have a Magellan SporTrak Map. I turn it on and within a minute or > two it has located all the satellites it needs and starts feeding me data > on it's screen and on the wife's laptop. > > Rob 94 WBWL > > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: gerhardwilliams gery11@... > Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:16:47 -0000 > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Experience with Portable GPS Units? > > > > > > I am contemplating purchase of a "portable" GPS unit for use in our coach. > I am concerned as > to whether or not it will operate inside our steel "skin" and with our > straight up and down > windows. The unit picks up the satellite from the rear of the GPS > receiver. I can not try it > first, as sellers will not allow return if unsuccessful. Thus, I ask the > forum if you have any > experience? Thanks, Gery Williams, Lady LeeAnn, 2000LXI, Savannah, > Georgia > > > > > > > > > > <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > > >
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> > > > <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Experience with Portable GPS Units? - Joe Hagan - 04-29-2006 16:02 Gery: I use a Garmin GPSMap60CS hand held unit on tour/charter work. The coaches I drive are Van Hool. The dash is close to the windhield allowing me to velcro the bottom of my unit to the dash and the antenna to the windshield glass. I have a custom case for the unit which is velcro friendly. I have had remarkable results with this setup. I use a 12v connection. I find the GPS invaluable. Passengers can be given altitude info, miles driven at any given moment, miles to go and of course mapping/progress displays. As well, it records the trip, locates points of interest. Also, it will locate businesses with address and phone information. My tour guides really appreciate the benefits of a GPS during the trip. I think back to the fifties and sixties when the only communication on the road was a phone booth - if you could find one - hand and light signals. My, aren't we spoiled :-) Joe (Pappy) Hagan St. George, UT Wannabe --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "gerhardwilliams" wrote: > > I am contemplating purchase of a "portable" GPS unit for use in our coach. I am concerned as > to whether or not it will operate inside our steel "skin" and with our straight up and down > windows. The unit picks up the satellite from the rear of the GPS receiver. I can not try it > first, as sellers will not allow return if unsuccessful. Thus, I ask the forum if you have any > experience? Thanks, Gery Williams, Lady LeeAnn, 2000LXI, Savannah, Georgia > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |