Re: -GPSD 3.22 autobauding under bullsEye

[Don Rolph]

Gary:

OK I obtained one of these for a but less money than o eBay from Amazon.

I have done the smoke test in the system and:

- it achieves a fix significantly faster than the Adafruit Ultimate USB GPS

- it fits in the same form factor but will require modification of the mounting approach, which is no big deal since this had not been finalized

- it will not lock unless the aluminum foil shielding is in place: without this it never achieves a fix

Thanks for the suggestion!

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 2:13 PM Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com> wrote:

Yo Don!

On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:02:39 -0500
Don Rolph <don.rolph@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am finding that GPS boards with the PI Zero form factor and USB
> connections typically are very expensive and relatively rare.  For
> this version of the project, I cant use an  external antenna:  it
> will be lashed to the side of handheld radio and there is nowhere to
> effectively deploy the external antenna.

How about this very common one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/403253256872

$29.  USB, u-blox 8, I think M8030

I have one, it just works.  It was recently much cheaper, but everything
is getting expensive....

RGDS
GARY
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73,

AB1PH

Don Rolph