Does GPS work through glass?

[Nick2]

Undergoing a major revamp of my electronics and wondered whether handheld GPS will work through slopey Corniche screen to enable laptop software to work?

To be safe I am combining this with new chart plotter too (well I deserve a few presents....)

Nick

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[apollo]

Nick

Mine does in the 37, might be worth buying one of the cheapy external aerials from ebay (about £15 if you shop around) so that you can locate it right in the middle of the screen.

Other thing you may wish to consider is one of the GPS with USB port to plug direct into the Laptop leaving the handheld GPS separate. This gives you a backup if one fails.
I think these are about $99 (yep, dollars)

Christmas Greetings to you, Joanne and the girls!

Mike

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[powerskipper]

yes they do, but best if near the window, some sets pick up better than others, Garmin GPS 12 is excellent as a plug in to equipment, they have a 12v and computer link cable available for them and keeps the signal better than some more expencive ones. Best if you can secure it somehow, with the top pointing at a window. I use this plugged in to my VHF/DSC handheld.

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[foxgoose]

My Garmin 12 works fine in my Botnia Targa wheelhouse but not at all sitting at home by the french windows.

I wish however I'd paid a bit more for the 12XL model which is 12V and easier for wiring in to power etc.

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[Bejasus]

My E-trex works fine through the window at 34,000 ft and 500+mph............/forums/images/icons/crazy.gif

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[lanason]

My Garmin 72 works ace in the car - sit on the dash - cheapest sat nav going.

also you can find out the OS Grid ref from Multimap and enter the "waypoint" directly and acurately directly into the GPS.

Great for finding places - within 100yds

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[PhilF]

yeah it does, Garmin handheld in the Boat as a back up works fine and Tom Tom in the car too, not so good on the northern line tho
PhilF

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[jfm]

Yes, as others have said. The antennae for most in car satnav are on the rear parcel shelf. If you fit a re-emitter (eg from Maplin) you dont even need to put it near a window

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[Nick2]

Will a re-emiter fit in my Garmin 72 GPS and what does it do please?

Nick

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[c_j]

"Best if you can secure it somehow"

Bought a 13 quid Garmin dashmount from Maplin yesterday. Really good bit of kit.

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[Alistairr]

So you will be visiting the Transas stand at LBS as well then./forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

The Software that Clive is recommending is obviously the one to go for.

So I might just see you there./forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

Cheers

Alistair..



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[simongoldthorpe]

Hi Nick. Yes my handheld works fine in the P315.

How's your smoking? In a bid to get ours sorted out we have been tweaking the fuel flow. In fact it has gone so well that we have blown up one of the engines which is now out of the boat and sitting on the engineer's bench with a big hole in one of the cylinders!

Don't you just love boats?

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[Questor]

My Garmin GPS12 works fine at 38000 feet, through double glazing, so I guess your's should work fine through your Corniche windscreen.

Max speed on mine (so far) is 625mph - What's yours?

Richard

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[PhilF]

did Everest do a good job, I'm thinking of getting double glazing

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[PhilF]

The emitter is a device, about the size and thickness of a ping-
pong paddle
> that focuses sound in a laser-like beam over distance without
attenuation.
> Powered by less than one Watt, it utilizes the sums and differences
of two
> ultrasound carrier frequencies (40 and 60kHz, respectively),
discards the
> summing signal, and utilizes the difference signal (then, 0 -
20kHz) over
> which the desired information (speech, music, natural sound, etc.)
is
> transmitted at levels up to 90dBA.
>
> Because of the manner in which the signal is sent to the emitter
element,
> the resultant signal is a highly focused beam with a spread of less
than 10
> degrees that can be heard clearly, with no spill (unlike parabolic
dishes,
> for instance), over large distances...as much as several hundred
meters.
> Coupling in a non-linear manner to air (rather than producing
cyclical
> linear waves as normal speakers do), sound energy does not diminish
as the
> inverse square law would otherwise suggest. Frequency response in
the
> largest sized unit will cover from about 250Hz to 20kHz (lower
frequencies
> will not focus accurately).
>
> It is especially useful in the field when doing certain types of
research
> where a focused output beam of sound (rather than a spread) is
appropriate.
>
now you know

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[ccscott49]

Not meant to be using anything with an antenna inside a commercial airline!

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[oldgit]

yes it do.My garmin extrex works fine inside wheel house attached to bulkhead with bit of velcro and conected to my laptop using the Transas Tsunami 99 software.
Intend purchasing myself for xmas a new chart at the LBS.

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[Alistairr]

REF; Hoo and Questor.

Do you both take your Gps onto planes when you go away?
Are you allowed to use them?
Or do you keep it out of site up your jumper or something?

Bizzare...



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[Questor]

Keeping it up your jumper makes it difficult to see.

No one has ever said anything to me about using it, except on one occasion when a member of the crew thought it was a mobile phone. Can't be very different to people using portable CD players / DVD players, and it is of course only a receiver, exactly like the one they have on the flight deck.

R




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[Alistairr]

I am no electronics expert, but i would have thought if you weren't allowed to use phone on board then the same would apply to GPS, Don't the both use satalites?

Dunno.



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