GPS in a steel bodied MH

[birdshill123]

For our maiden voyage I moved the 2620 Garmin from our Bounder to the
BB. BUT I had lots of signal loss problems. The only place it could sit
and still get a signal was on the passenger side wher I could not see
the screen. Anyone else have this problem? I dont believe there is a
port for an external antenna.

Bruce

[Jeff Miller]

Been there, put an external antenna on the roof. You'll do much better
with an external antenna.

- Jeff Miller
in Holland, MI


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "birdshill123"
wrote:
>
> For our maiden voyage I moved the 2620 Garmin from our Bounder to the
> BB. BUT I had lots of signal loss problems. The only place it could
sit
> and still get a signal was on the passenger side wher I could not
see
> the screen. Anyone else have this problem? I dont believe there is a
> port for an external antenna.
>
> Bruce
>

[Richard Hayden]

Jeff, I've asked before, what brand GPS are you using? I've asked Garmin for
their recommendations as we have used their system with outside ant. in our last
WL. They don't really seem to have a good answer now. Before we had a Garmin
17N, which has been superseded by another 17 ?? which still uses a serial port.
We would like to get something with a USB port since most new laptops do not
have serial anymore.

Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Miller
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 8:09 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: GPS in a steel bodied MH


Been there, put an external antenna on the roof. You'll do much better
with an external antenna.

- Jeff Miller
in Holland, MI


--- In
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
"birdshill123"
wrote:
>
> For our maiden voyage I moved the 2620 Garmin from our Bounder to the
> BB. BUT I had lots of signal loss problems. The only place it could
sit
> and still get a signal was on the passenger side wher I could not
see
> the screen. Anyone else have this problem? I dont believe there is a
> port for an external antenna.
>
> Bruce
>







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[snowbirdtogo]

I have a Garmin Street Pilot 2610 which had the same problem till
I added a Garmin external antenna (GA-27C), purchased through
amazon.com FOR $62. The antenna is held by suction cups to the base
of inside windshield in front of dash, with enough wire to place
unit anywhere on dash. I have been using this setup for over a year
with good results. Without the external antenna I would loose
satelite signal quite often as you are, now the accuracy gets down
to 10-15' (7+ satelites).
Roy Anderson
Springfield VA
1986 PT-40


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "birdshill123"
wrote:
>
> For our maiden voyage I moved the 2620 Garmin from our Bounder to
the
> BB. BUT I had lots of signal loss problems. The only place it
could sit
> and still get a signal was on the passenger side wher I could
not see
> the screen. Anyone else have this problem? I dont believe there is
a
> port for an external antenna.
>
> Bruce
>

[Jeff Miller]

Garmin GPSII+. Uses the same cables and BNC antenna as the
StreetPilot series, and there is a serial-USB adapter available from
many computer stores.

- Jeff Miller
in Holland, MI


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Hayden"
wrote:
>
> Jeff, I've asked before, what brand GPS are you using? I've asked
Garmin for their recommendations as we have used their system with
outside ant. in our last WL. They don't really seem to have a good
answer now. Before we had a Garmin 17N, which has been superseded by
another 17 ?? which still uses a serial port. We would like to get
something with a USB port since most new laptops do not have serial
anymore.
>
> Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff Miller
> To:
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com om>
> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 8:09 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: GPS in a steel bodied MH
>
>
> Been there, put an external antenna on the roof. You'll do much
better
> with an external antenna.
>
> - Jeff Miller
> in Holland, MI
>
>
> --- In
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com om>, "birdshill123"
> wrote:
> >
> > For our maiden voyage I moved the 2620 Garmin from our Bounder
to the
> > BB. BUT I had lots of signal loss problems. The only place it
could
> sit
> > and still get a signal was on the passenger side wher I could
not
> see
> > the screen. Anyone else have this problem? I dont believe there
is a
> > port for an external antenna.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
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[Jack & Donna Smith]

For what its worth: I use a Garmin GPS111+ for a speedometer only, as
I cannot find a replacment speedo gear for my MT40 tranny. I velcroed
the GPS on a bracket just above the speedometer. Have had no problem
with sattlite reception.
For navagation, I have a Co-Pilot connected to the laptop. I just
place the white GPS thingy next to the windshield B/T the dash AC
vents. This has also worked well.
I am not sure about the outside antenna, as i have never used one.
BTW/ I also use the 111+ in my Jeep. It works OK, but the Jeeps
hardtop is made of fibreglass.
Jack Smith
1973FC31
SoCal

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Hayden"
wrote:
>
> Jeff, I've asked before, what brand GPS are you using? I've asked
Garmin for their recommendations as we have used their system with
outside ant. in our last WL. They don't really seem to have a good
answer now. Before we had a Garmin 17N, which has been superseded by
another 17 ?? which still uses a serial port. We would like to get
something with a USB port since most new laptops do not have serial
anymore.
>
> Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff Miller
> To:
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 8:09 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: GPS in a steel bodied MH
>
>
> Been there, put an external antenna on the roof. You'll do much
better
> with an external antenna.
>
> - Jeff Miller
> in Holland, MI
>
>
> --- In
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
"birdshill123"
> wrote:
> >
> > For our maiden voyage I moved the 2620 Garmin from our Bounder
to the
> > BB. BUT I had lots of signal loss problems. The only place it could
> sit
> > and still get a signal was on the passenger side wher I could not
> see
> > the screen. Anyone else have this problem? I dont believe there
is a
> > port for an external antenna.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
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[whynotam]

I purchased a Magellan Roadmate 800 a month or so ago and have been
amazed at it's ability to not only aquire a signal but to keep it. I
mount it in from the windshield approximately 16" and have had
absolutely no problem with signal loss.

Alvie Miller
93WLWB Arthur IL

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "birdshill123"
wrote:
>
> For our maiden voyage I moved the 2620 Garmin from our Bounder to
the
> BB. BUT I had lots of signal loss problems. The only place it could
sit
> and still get a signal was on the passenger side wher I could not
see
> the screen. Anyone else have this problem? I dont believe there is a
> port for an external antenna.
>
> Bruce
>

[Jeff Miller]

Try it deep in a mountain pass, or around tall buildings, you'll
want a roof antenna.

99% of the time you will have at least 3 birds in sight, but that
other percent throws your mileage off just a bit, ...

- Jeff Miller
in Holland, MI


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "whynotam"
wrote:
>
> I purchased a Magellan Roadmate 800 a month or so ago and have
been
> amazed at it's ability to not only aquire a signal but to keep it.
I
> mount it in from the windshield approximately 16" and have had
> absolutely no problem with signal loss.
>
> Alvie Miller
> 93WLWB Arthur IL
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "birdshill123"
> wrote:
> >
> > For our maiden voyage I moved the 2620 Garmin from our Bounder
to
> the
> > BB. BUT I had lots of signal loss problems. The only place it
could
> sit
> > and still get a signal was on the passenger side wher I could
not
> see
> > the screen. Anyone else have this problem? I dont believe there
is a
> > port for an external antenna.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
>