Repeater for hand-held GPS?

[alan43]

It's great when the kids finally get into paid employment, they can afford to buy decent birthday presents for the oldies.
Mine clubbed together this year & got me nice little hand-help GPS, a Magellan Sportrak, good for both sailing & hiking.
Does anyone know whether a device like this will drive a repeater? (eg., Clipper, Navman, Silva, etc)
I'd really like to have a fixed cockpit display to match the other instruments, with the little h/h safe inside instead of on a flimsy bracket and liable to get knocked off whenever the boat lurches.


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[jfkal]

Dunno about thsi particular model. But if it has an NMEA output connector it would feed into you other instruments.

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[vyv_cox]

Almost repeating what jfkal has said. It would be surprising if a modern GPS didn't have an NMEA output. My old Garmin 75, probably 10 years old now, was always used in conjunction with a cockpit repeater.

There has been a question in recent weeks regarding just how many linked instruments or applications an NMEA output will drive. Apparently the number may be two or three but there is an amplifier that will increase this.

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[tr7v8]

According to:-
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.magellangps.com/en/products/product.asp?PRODID=154>http://www.magellangps.com/en/products/product.asp?PRODID=154</A>

These are the specs for a standard Sportrak
Data Input (RTC M104 Standard)
Yes
Data Output (NMEA 0183 V1.5 Standard)
Yes
Data Output (NMEA 0183 V2.1 Standard)
Yes

Optional accessories also sold separately
Canvas carrying case
Mounting brackets
Power cable
DatasendTM



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Draco 2500

 

[milltech]

Certainly the Nasa GPS repeater will work with NMEA output version 2 or later.

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<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.allgadgets.co.uk>http://www.allgadgets.co.uk</A>

 

[anabel]

A friend of mine has a handheld Garmin which drives a Nasa Clipper repeater.

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[oilyrag]

even my 'backup' garmin etrex drives a NASA Clipper gps repeater - you get them online at allgadgets.co.uk for less than £100. (No connection)

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