GPS feed for ICOM radio

[Polarsailor]

So I recently had to replay my Standard Horizon CP180 Chartplotter as the aerial failed. I replaced it with a Garmin ECHOMAP UHD2 5X/7XCV plotter. The issue I have is I previously used my old plotter to provide a NMEA feed to my ICOM DSC radio. The new Garmin plotter does not provide a GPS feed for other instrument very frustratingly. Is there an easy fix for this or am I looking at having to replace the fairly new radio?

Keiron

 

[PaulRainbow]

So I recently had to replay my Standard Horizon CP180 Chartplotter as the aerial failed. I replaced it with a Garmin ECHOMAP UHD2 5X/7XCV plotter. The issue I have is I previously used my old plotter to provide a NMEA feed to my ICOM DSC radio. The new Garmin plotter does not provide a GPS feed for other instrument very frustratingly. Is there an easy fix for this or am I looking at having to replace the fairly new radio?

Keiron

More and more plotters are not including NMEA0183 these days, sorry to say it, but you need to read the specs before you buy. You can fit an external GPS antenna, lots on the likes of Ebay.

Which Icom VHF do you have ?

 

[TSB240]

Had a similar problem and mounted one of these under the side deck. No need for a power hungry chartplotter to be left on to provide a dsc radio position fix.
Pardon our interruption...

 

[RunAgroundHard]

It is a useful back up to have position redundancy by having a VHF with its own GPS antenna.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Had a similar problem and mounted one of these under the side deck. No need for a power hungry chartplotter to be left on to provide a dsc radio position fix.
Pardon our interruption...

That's the type i meant in post #2, but yes, under deck usually works OK.

Depending on the model of VHF, one of these might be another option Icom UX-241 External GPS/GNSS Antenna

 

[andsarkit]

That's the type i meant in post #2, but yes, under deck usually works OK.

Depending on the model of VHF, one of these might be another option Icom UX-241 External GPS/GNSS Antenna

That is just the antenna. I think the OP requires the NMEA version. Available from Aliexpress for under £10 but you have to make sure you select 12v supply and 4800 baud.

 

[[70521]]

You don't say what model of ICOM DSC radio you have. Most modern VHF radios have an internal GPS antenna.

 

[PaulRainbow]

That is just the antenna. I think the OP requires the NMEA version. Available from Aliexpress for under £10 but you have to make sure you select 12v supply and 4800 baud.

I'm aware that it's an antenna, it says so in the link i provided

Virtually every current model of Icom VHF has a built in receiver and uses the external antenna, with the exception of the IC-M510 EVO

But, without knowing the model that the OP has we don't know if he needs the NMEA version or the Icom antenna.

 

[PaulRainbow]

You don't say what model of ICOM DSC radio you have. Most modern VHF radios have an internal GPS antenna.

Except Icom Sandy, most of their current models have internal receivers with external antennas.

 

[Polarsailor]

More and more plotters are not including NMEA0183 these days, sorry to say it, but you need to read the specs before you buy. You can fit an external GPS antenna, lots on the likes of Ebay.

Which Icom VHF do you have ?

Yep unfortunately, I was heading over the Channel the following day and it was the only budget chartplotter available in Plymouth, so short on choices. Looks like from the comments a separate aerial is an easy fix.

 

[Polarsailor]

You don't say what model of ICOM DSC radio you have. Most modern VHF radios have an internal GPS antenna.

Unfortunately not mine, probably only by a year or two, its an IC-M411 that needs an external feed.

 

[Polarsailor]

Thanks to all for your replies, as always. I'll go with an external aerial.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Unfortunately not mine, probably only by a year or two, its an IC-M411 that needs an external feed.

Something like the one in post #3 will work for you, you should be able to mount it below decks, as TSB240 did

 

[[70521]]

Except Icom Sandy, most of their current models have internal receivers with external antennas.

You can tell I don't use Icom.