A long while back a friend of mine bought a unit to interface to an=20
airborne ( model airplane) experiment and it took over 24 hours to find=20
itself!

I have heard there are GPS modules available for about $50 for amateur=20
radio APRS use. Try searching ham aprs gps?

John Ferrell W8CCW

"The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own=20
money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the=20
public moneys." --Thomas Jefferson


On 11/8/2010 1:47 AM, Joshua Shriver wrote:
> I bought this years ago and never had any luck. Dug it up today and
> tried it out and finally able to poll it for GPS nmea data. However
> the gps location it gives when put in google earth is somewhere in
> mainland china. Anyone come across something like this? I'm not
> entirely sure it's actually getting a signal or a lock even though
> it's supposed to have 12 channels. Receiving is at least partially
> working because I am getting a correct time.
>
> OT for my own post :) I bought this just to learn more about GPS's
> back before they were reasonably cheap. Does anyone recommend a nice
> serial based GPS module that could be used in projects?  I'm working
> with PIC and the MSP-EXP430 board.
>
>
> -Josh
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