Date:         Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:39:48 -0800
Reply-To:     Mark Belanger <belanger@FLUID.COM>
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From:         Mark Belanger <belanger@FLUID.COM>
Organization: Fluid, Inc.
Subject:      Re: GPS in a Westy? - sidebar
Comments: To: Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
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I agree.  You can see the details of where I put mine, here:

  http://evilbill.fluid.com/vanagon/ewesty/index.html#Install_Gallery

I regularly get 10-12 satellites and even have coverage in my garage
with the door closed.  Always assumed you had to have line of sight, so
that was an unexpected bonus.

Provided the connect is small enough, or you have a removeable antenna,
you can wire it into your van with nothing more than a 0.5cm slit in the
tent canvas.  Easy as pie.


-MB

Aristotle Sagan wrote:
> My recommendation is that with the fiberglass top on the Westy, you
> permanently mount a good quality GPS antenna under the fiberglass top
> somewhere in the bed area. No holes for water to leak through, much better
> reception than most smaller dash mount antennas, and no way for young punks
> to steal anything. I like the big (about 3 inch diameter) flat ones.
>
> I don't think you need to save this fer a fryday, it's as relevant, or
> more,
> as most of the smoke that passes this way.
>
>
>
> tim in san jose (still waiting for summer)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  >Hi gang,
>
>>
>>         I've been saving this for Friday since it doesn't directly
>> involve
>> leaky heads or tires or conversions. I'm looking for a GPS solution
>> for my
>> Westy. I'm leaning toward a GPS receiver hooked into a laptop because
>> it's
>> cheaper (already have the laptop) and you get that nice big display. So
>> I'd like to hear from anyone using this sort of thing ---- with comments
>> about hardware and mapping software etc. I'd also like to hear from
>> people
>> who are using handheld units, in terms of how useful they find the
>> displays etc and how easy it is to navigate  on the highways and at
>> street
>> level. I'm particularly interested in comments from people who have used
>> GPS in Canada with regards to mapping software --- because the options
>> are
>> fewer and less sophisticated here in the Great White North.
>>         Speaking of Great White North, Toronto is in the midst of a
>> three-day freezing rain/ice pellet storm. This would be bad enough under
>> usual circumstances, but all the snow plowing contracts with the city
>> expired March 31 --- so they're having a hard time getting plows and
>> crews
>> on the road. What a mess........
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Doug
>> '84 Westy Bluebelle (with I4 conversion)
>> "Still waiting for spring"
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________

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