[MLB-WIRELESS] Cheap GPS

[Ian Donaldson]

I know a bit about GPSs and on first look, the specs don't look that good. 
Its only an 8 channel reciever, being the number of sats it can listen to 
at a time. This means it'll be a lot slower to startup, lock on, and will 
be less accurate than a 12 channel reciever, especially while moving as 
sats become visible and obscured.

In the hiking/fishing world receivers have been 12 channel for quite some 
time. I have a Garmin eTrex and it is very very good. I got mine for $330 
from a marine store in Collingwood, I forget the name, J.W. Marine or 
something like that. That was a while ago though, they may be cheaper now.

Regards,

Ian

On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 00:16, Robert Tchia wrote:
> I wouldn't mind getting one for myself. But I am a complete noob to GPS.
> Would some kind soul, who has knowledge about GPS, tell me if this unit
> is any good?

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Ian Donaldson, SA @ MI                       -- ian at myinternet.com.au



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