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[David Kelly]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 05:29:14PM -0800, Tom Rothoehler wrote:

> > > Hey David, > > The GPS V uses a serial cable, not USB right?

Sadly, yes. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@... ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.

[bradmorris64]

It is slightly bulkier (thicker) than the Vista. Nowhere near enough to offset the benefits though. The cool thing about the V is that you can change the display to portrait or landscape. I use the landscape on the bike and portrait when hiking. Like I said, I also forked out the $150 to get the MapSource V.4 CD. The other CD's had basically no coverage of my city (pop. 110,000). So in the end I paid a little over $650 for an awesome GPS unit that will get you from anywhere to anywhere. The Vista is a great unit if you have no desire for Auto Routing, but I like the ability to "type" in an address and have the unit automatically tell me how to get there from where I am at the moment. Turn by turn. It's cool. The other neat features are the ability to connect an external antenna, or a servo to run the rudder on your sailboat. Now if it could just figure out how to find beautiful single women that would love me 'til the end of time...oh well. Let me know if you have any other questions. Brad

> Thanks for detailed info regarding the GPS V, it sounds like you're pretty > happy with it. I didn't realize that the eTrex didn't come with all that > hardware. I do a lot of hiking/fishing in some remote areas, what is the > GPS V like in hand held hiking situations? I know the website pictures > might be a little deceiving, but it looks bigger than the eTrex is that > true? > > T. >