COMPARE MOBILE GPS RECEIVERS

bigyun2000 · Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:42 pm Post subject: COMPARE MOBILE GPS RECEIVERS

Hi.

Is it possible that we could have a mobile gps comparisson thread in a sticky please. (maybe like a votinging system)

Many TT Mobile users have a wide variety of mobile gps receivers. However for those who are about to change to mobile and are confused which to get, it would be a good starting point.

I just got a cheepy from ebay, a Fuzion gps receiver which seems to work fine outdoors (naff indoors).

So maybe it would help users to decide what to buy.

Also perhaps a sticky about what to look for in a receiver, ie is it ok with a 16 channel receiver in UK or what the benefits are in gettin a 20 or 32 channel.

Is it woth buying these for uk use?

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The_Tyke · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 12

I've got a Holux 236 and it's a cracking receiver inside and out, also from within your glove box !
More expensive than my old BT-77 but worth the extra pennies :D :D

Aitch2 · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:58 pm Post subject:

How would a 32 channel receiver work - with only 24 GPS satellites in orbit? 8O (or am I missing something?)

Aitch

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject:

yes you are 8) It's claiming to use 32 channels, not 32 satellites. Especially in urban canyons you have lots of multipath signals, and while older receivers have discarded those signals the newer generation is actually able to utilize the data in these multipath signals. So the signal from one satellite can actually be correlated in multiple channels.
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Aitch2 · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:48 pm Post subject:

Aha - thanks!

Aitch

MJN · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:25 am Post subject:

Lutz, do you have any references on multipath inclusion on additional channels? I've Googled around but couldn't find anything...

Incidentally Aitch2, there are 29 GPS satellites at the time of writing how this is a moot point given your valid note regarding the number in view at any one time.

Mathew

ericb · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 11, 2005 Posts: 21

I too have a Holux 236 gps receiver.

Fantastic device, well worth the money.

MJN · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:12 pm Post subject:

Any info Lutz? I'd hate to think you've been a victim of GPS marketing departments with regards to the advantages of >12 channel receivers! Wink

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