Date:         Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:11:24 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: OT: Roof Mounting GPS
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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I get perfectly fine results with my DeLorme Earthmate USB GPS receiver
puck just sitting on the dash by the defroster vents.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR



Loren Busch typed:
> RE: GPS Antenna for Laptop
> I hope you have the software for the antenna AND it works with your
> software.
> That out of the way, I and many others have had good luck with GPS/Laptop
> combinations by just putting the antenna iin the window.  I throw mine up
> against the windshield on top of the dash and get good as good a result as
> with a hand held in the cab.
> BTW, the newer vehicle GPS and handheld GPS units apparently have an
> antenna
> and reciever combination that works much, much better than in the past
> up to
> and including relaiable reception inside many buildings.  I'm not aware of
> (but would expect to find if I looked) USB port GPS antennas that are using
> this newer capability.
>