So, I'll pose my question along the same premise: Is there a 'ebay'/used/or ?? other unit that will give us a grid position that one can put on a qsl card?
The Kenwood D7 APRS HT and D700 and D710 mobiles display gridsquare directly (assuming a GPS is plugged into it. The new D72 coming out in the next month or so has the GPS built in, making for a trivial package to carry.
I had assumed that the Yaesu VX-8R, DR, and GR APRS HT's also read out directly the grid square? But your next sentence seems to imply otherwise.. Hummh...
... I was only stating that about the VX-8GR as a reason why I don't use that device for establishing my location when working on grid boundaries etc.
Hi Bob!
The Kenwood D7 APRS HT and D700 and D710 mobiles display gridsquare directly (assuming a GPS is plugged into it. The new D72 coming out in the next month or so has the GPS built in, making for a trivial package to carry.
I had assumed that the Yaesu VX-8R, DR, and GR APRS HT's also read out directly the grid square? But your next sentence seems to imply otherwise.. Hummh...
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Unfortunately, Yaesu did not choose to provide a grid-square display on the GPS for any of the VX-8 handhelds. I have not seen the FTM-350 with its optional GPS, to see if it is any different than the VX-8 radios. The displays for the VX-8R I previously had and my current VX-8GR shows the latitude and longitude, speed, altitude, time, a compass heading, and how many GPS satellites are being used to determine your location. It would have been nice to have the grid show up on the display (possibly by a turn of the VFO knob, similar to how you bring the time up on the GPS display of the VX-8GR), but I'm Ok with what I get on the VX-8GR display. For its intended purpose, the VX-8GR is perfect as is. I can use my Garmin GPS to figure out where the grid boundaries are.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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