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RE: [picpac] Anything else out there?

Tracker2 and Nuvi 350. The Nuvi has messaging capability and the Tracker2 is making use of it.
 
Check out Yahoogroup for the Tracker2: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/
 
Best regards,
Fred
 
 


From: picpac@yahoogroups.com [mailto:picpac@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kurt Savegnago
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 13:43
To: picpac@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [picpac] Anything else out there?

Hey,

Anything else out there short of a Kenwood 7AG to take
the place of a Pic Pac with display?

Kurt



Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:04 pm

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Hey, Anything else out there short of a Kenwood 7AG to take the place of a Pic Pac with display? Kurt...
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Mar 12, 2008
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Tracker2 and Nuvi 350. The Nuvi has messaging capability and the Tracker2 is making use of it. Check out Yahoogroup for the Tracker2: ...
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Mar 12, 2008
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Fred Hillhouse ... But by the time you add a radio, your not saving much money over a full blown TH-D7 -- not to mention the...
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Mar 12, 2008
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Without opening the full can of worms, I am working on a new slimmed down HamHUD with a built in OpenTracker 1+ for the modem. Details and pictures to come... ...
Jason Rausch
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Mar 12, 2008
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I am planning on creating a TinyTrak4 with an LCD display to replace the previous PICPAC. Hopefully, I'll have a demo by Dayton. Byon...
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Mar 12, 2008
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... Great, Would be nice if it would display elevation data in realtime for the rocketry folks. Kurt...
Kurt Savegnago
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I'll make a point of including that! Byon...
Byon Garrabrant
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Mar 12, 2008
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Kurt, I am one of those rocketry guys I have a microtrak and a pic pac but have not tried using them in any rockets. Have you done anything along these lines?...
Mike Whorley
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Mar 12, 2008
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... Mike, I have a 4 inch model I'll be able to use the Beeline GPS in I think. (space issues) At the Tripoli Quad Cities message board, there was an...
Kurt Savegnago
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... Byon, Would also be nice if one could plug the microtrak 4 with the screen into a laptop to be able to monitor and save data with aftermarket programs....
Kurt Savegnago
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Mar 12, 2008
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My interest in PicPac stems from my search for a simple display for EAS codes included with the National Weather Service radio forecasts. This is the...
George
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Mar 17, 2008
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Hi George, Building a SAME decoder has been on my list for a while. I think the TT4 will be an excellent tool for this, and the display version will make it ...
Byon Garrabrant
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Byon, I'm happy to hear that great minds are thinking alike on decoding EAS/SAME. If you can do it, I suspect that the TT4 w/ display will be a big seller ...
George Bean
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http://www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/?n=severewx-pca SAME Weather radios here in Kansas City sell for about $30. Hard to beat that price. You might check with your...
Joe Krout
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Mar 17, 2008
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Using a gender changer for the Etrex Legend serial cable allows one to plug it into J4 of the PicPac. Go into the Waypoints menu item and as long as packets...
Kurt Savegnago
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Mar 19, 2008
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(Snip) ... Further testing shows this arrangement failed. I've cobbled together a pass-through with two male DB9 sockets. It too failed. Thought long and hard...
Kurt Savegnago
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Mar 21, 2008
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o.K. If one has a PicPac and Etrex Legend or any serial compatible GPS that works with NMEA, you can get it to display on the Legend from the PicPac. Both the...
Kurt Savegnago
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What software do you have loaded in the PicPac? Tim Navickas N0WMP ... From: Kurt Savegnago To: picpac@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 8:28 PM ...
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... Just the usual Pic Trak. Been so long I forgot how I did it. Just followed the instructions. I used a free program called GPS Diag that will read the ...
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I have the PicPac outputting data, verified by reading it through hyperterminal. I have made the cable but my GPS does not receive anything. I have a Etrex...
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... hyperterminal. I have made the cable but my GPS does not receive anything. I have a Etrex H and the only interface option I have under I/O format is...
Robert DeHate
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Mar 26, 2008
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... Hi Tim, One has to have a unit that has a serial port and understand NMEA words. My mono LCD Legend has the option to select several modes under...
Kurt Savegnago
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... Hi Tim, One has to have a unit that has a serial port and understand NMEA words. My mono LCD Legend has the option to select several modes under...
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... Hi Tim, One has to have a unit that has a serial port and understand NMEA words. My mono LCD Legend has the option to select several modes under...
Kurt Savegnago
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Mar 26, 2008
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... Yes, Take any of the existing packet decoders that outputs RS232. Hook up a serial enabled LCD and you have a PICPAC. Sparkfun has LCD displays that...
Robert DeHate
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... http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=462 ... Thanks, I saw some plans for cheap packet decoders out there and if one is desperate,...
Kurt Savegnago
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... Here is a link to a simple packet decoder that works great:http://www.ringolake.com/pic_proj/decoder/rx_206.html To keep it on topic... The rocket is...
Robert DeHate
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This is a little late in the discussion, but I have been working on a HamHUD II+/OpenTracker combo device that will be very much like a PICPAC, only it runs...
Jason Rausch
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Hi, How would this compare to the TinyTrak 4 with the display option? Some of us simply want to use the unit to do APRS tracking of amateur rockets. Barring ...
Kurt Savegnago
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well there is The Icom IC-92AD, but at a grand ..... I haven't seen any talk about it yet either. You may be able to find it cheaper than...
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