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From: Steve Stone on 28 Feb 2010 12:46 Bart! wrote: > > Then, the device should have a separate antenna port. It should but it does not. It plugs into the USB port on the back of the GPS. The USB port is used to data signal and power to recharge the built in battery. the cable is wired like this 12 VDC power plug, A couple of inches of DC power cord to an approx. 2 inch oblong FM receiver From the FM receiver 2 cables go to the GPS USB port, one is data/power, the other is used as a broadcast band FM antenna , hanging inside your car. Hacking the assembly would require cracking open the sealed FM receiver without damaging the device, figuring out where the antenna wire input is located, and soldering in an antenna input jack and an A/B switch , sealing up the unit (voiding any warranty). Do you suggest I put the device in my shop vice, apply pressure till it cracks open or turns to shrapnel, or dig out the dremel tool? I prefer inductive coupling to hacking a device still under warranty. Steve 73 de N2UBP
From: Bart! on 28 Feb 2010 13:28 On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:46:09 -0500, Steve Stone <n2ubp(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Bart! wrote: > >> >> Then, the device should have a separate antenna port. > >It should but it does not. >It plugs into the USB port on the back of the GPS. >The USB port is used to data signal and power to recharge the built in >battery. > >the cable is wired like this > >12 VDC power plug, > >A couple of inches of DC power cord to an approx. 2 inch oblong FM receiver > > From the FM receiver 2 cables go to the GPS USB port, one is data/power, >the other is used as a broadcast band FM antenna , hanging inside your car. > >Hacking the assembly would require cracking open the sealed FM receiver >without damaging the device, figuring out where the antenna wire input >is located, and soldering in an antenna input jack and an A/B switch , >sealing up the unit (voiding any warranty). > >Do you suggest I put the device in my shop vice, >apply pressure till it cracks open or turns to shrapnel, or dig out the >dremel tool? > >I prefer inductive coupling to hacking a device still under warranty. > >Steve >73 de N2UBP > I prefer contacting the manufacturer to guesswork.
From: JDG on 28 Feb 2010 13:53 On Feb 28, 6:28 pm, Bart! <B(a)rt_The_Sheriff_Is_A_Nig***!.org> wrote: > On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:46:09 -0500, Steve Stone <n2...(a)hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > >Bart! wrote: > > >> Then, the device should have a separate antenna port. > > >It should but it does not. > >It plugs into the USB port on the back of the GPS. > >The USB port is used to data signal and power to recharge the built in > >battery. > > >the cable is wired like this > > >12 VDC power plug, > > >A couple of inches of DC power cord to an approx. 2 inch oblong FM receiver > > > From the FM receiver 2 cables go to the GPS USB port, one is data/power, > >the other is used as a broadcast band FM antenna , hanging inside your car. > > >Hacking the assembly would require cracking open the sealed FM receiver > >without damaging the device, figuring out where the antenna wire input > >is located, and soldering in an antenna input jack and an A/B switch , > >sealing up the unit (voiding any warranty). > > >Do you suggest I put the device in my shop vice, > >apply pressure till it cracks open or turns to shrapnel, or dig out the > >dremel tool? > > >I prefer inductive coupling to hacking a device still under warranty. > > >Steve > >73 de N2UBP > > I prefer contacting the manufacturer to guesswork. If you'd followed the thread you would know that the manufacturer has been singularly unhelpful/useless - thus the need to draw on the collective wisdom of the group. Look and think before you jump in, and try to contirubute courteously.
From: "Herbert John "Jackie" Gleason" on 28 Feb 2010 16:32 On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:53:35 -0800 (PST), JDG <jdggpsmail(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >On Feb 28, 6:28�pm, Bart! <B(a)rt_The_Sheriff_Is_A_Nig***!.org> wrote: >> On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:46:09 -0500, Steve Stone <n2...(a)hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >Bart! wrote: >> >> >> � Then, the device should have a separate antenna port. >> >> >It should but it does not. >> >It plugs into the USB port on the back of the GPS. >> >The USB port is used to data signal and power to recharge the built in >> >battery. >> >> >the cable is wired like this >> >> >12 VDC power plug, >> >> >A couple of inches of DC power cord to an approx. 2 inch oblong FM receiver >> >> > From the FM receiver 2 cables go to the GPS USB port, one is data/power, >> >the other is used as a broadcast band FM antenna , hanging inside your car. >> >> >Hacking the assembly would require cracking open the sealed FM receiver >> >without damaging the device, figuring out where the antenna wire input >> >is located, and soldering in an antenna input jack and an A/B switch , >> >sealing up the unit (voiding any warranty). >> >> >Do you suggest I put the device in my shop vice, >> >apply pressure till it cracks open or turns to shrapnel, or dig out the >> >dremel tool? >> >> >I prefer inductive coupling to hacking a device still under warranty. >> >> >Steve >> >73 de N2UBP >> >> � I prefer contacting the manufacturer to guesswork. > >If you'd followed the thread you would know that the manufacturer has >been singularly unhelpful/useless - thus the need to draw on the >collective wisdom of the group. Look and think before you jump in, and >try to contirubute courteously. IF you were a cop, your orders would STILL get ignored, jackass. One must be persistent when talking to a product maker, and spouting your intentions from the start is also a stupid move. I'd bet that I would be able to get info from them.
From: Rich Webb on 28 Feb 2010 16:19
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:35:07 -0500, Steve Stone <n2ubp(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Bart! wrote: >> >> What is so goddamned difficult about simply buying a GPS antenna, which >> BTW, you retarded, overtly cross-posting twit, makes the device properly >> accurate? > >Bart, you old fart..... > >This is not a GPS frequency. >Traffic data is piggy backed on broadcast band FM frequencies. >An external GPS antenna won't do squat to fix this issue. > >You need more fiber in your diet. >Have a nice day! You must be new here. This month the kill-file log shows that he is using the following aliases, sorted by number of entries. Better to just ignore him. Don't feed the trolls and all that... 1: CellShocked <cellshocked(a)thecellvalueattheendofthespreadsheet.org> 1: VioletaPachydermata <PurpleElephant(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> 2: Abbey Somebody <abnormal(a)castlefrankenstein.org> 2: SoothSayer <SaySooth(a)TheMonastery.org> 2: TralfamadoranJetPilot <BillyPilgrim(a)thebigbarattheendoftheuniverse.org> 3: "MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org" <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> 4: Bungalow Bill <BugalowBill(a)AbbeyRoad.UKCOM> 4: Pieyed Piper <pieyedPiper(a)thebongshopattheendoftheuniverse.org> 6: UltimatePatriot <UltimatePatriot(a)thebestcountry.org> 8: Lil Red Riding In The Hood <lilredridinginthehood(a)grandmashouseattheendoftheuniverse.org> 8: TheJoker <LeonardooftheLarcenousLaugh(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> 11: Son of a Sea Cook <NotaBrewster(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> 15: Mycelium <mycelium(a)thematrixattheendofthemushroomstem.org> 17: AwlSome Auger <AwlSomeAuger(a)BuyOneGetOneFree.org> 17: Bart! <B(a)rt_The_Sheriff_Is_A_Nig***!.org> 21: "Herbert John \"Jackie\" Gleason" <BufordTJustice(a)Texarkanacops.gov> 21: Capt. Cave Man <ItIsSoEasyACaveManCanDoIt(a)upyers.org> 25: StickThatInYourPipeAndSmokeIt <Zarathustra(a)thusspoke.org> 34: Archimedes' Lever <OneBigLever(a)InfiniteSeries.Org> 40: FatBytestard <FatBytestard(a)somewheronyourharddrive.org> 413: life imitates life <pasticcio(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> -- Rich Webb Norfolk, VA |