ARRL TravelPlus Mobile GPS (downloadable)
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I did not realize until tonight that the ARRL was doing this!
http://www.arrl.org/shop/TravelPlus-Mobile-GPS-downloadable/
TravelPlus Mobile GPS (downloadable)
2012-2013 Edition.
Connecting Amateur Radio with your Garmin nüvi, dēzl or zūmo GPS!*
Locate open ham radio repeaters as you travel in the US and Canada.** It's like having the power of The ARRL Repeater Directory on your Garmin GPS!
Access all open repeaters from The Repeater Directory or TravelPlus for Repeaters datasource. All just a touch away!
Easy to use! With the Garmin touch display select "Where to?" "Extras" "TravelPlus Mobile GPS". Then select a single Band (or All Bands).
Repeater data is displayed as custom Points of Interest (POI). With the important data you need! Touch the repeater labels to show all available information.
Repeater data includes all applicable Location, Output, Offset / Input, CTCSS Tone (T=), Node (N=), and Call Sign data. GPS POI listing shows approximate distance to location name and general direction.***
Order Now! After checkout, you will receive an email confirmation with instructions for downloading and installing to your GPS.****
Before downloading, the latest version of the Garmin Communicator Plugin API will need to be installed on your PC. This facilitates the download connection to your GPS. This download is browser specific and is available for Internet Explorer 7+ (Windows), Firefox 3.6+ (Windows & Mac), Safari 5+ (Windows & Mac), Chrome 8+ (Windows & Mac). It is available at www.developer.garmin.com/web-device/garmin-communicator-plug...
Minimum System Requirements: Garmin nüvi, dēzl or zūmo GPS with at least 3.7 MB free memory space available for a POI file. The download is designed to place the necessary files directly onto the gps unit (not an SD card) and operation is dependent upon having these files in the proper location.
*TravelPlus Mobile GPS will not work with the following Garmin nüvi models due to incompatibility of the Garmin download: nüvi 200, nüvi 260 and nüvi 265.
Some Garmin nüvi models (e.g. Garmin nüvi 350) and possibly other compatible models may not have an Extras icon. In this case TravelPlus Mobile GPS may be found by navigating to "Travel Kit" and then "Travel Guide" if these selections are available.
Limited testing has indicated that TravelPlus Mobile GPS will not work on Garmin nüvi units in Fleet Management Interface (FMI) mode.
Please note:
** The TravelPlus Mobile GPS data includes "Open" repeaters only. Open repeaters are defined as those repeaters that are geocoded in TravelPlus for Repeaters DataSource and are either identified as Open or alternatively, not specifically identified as "Closed".
*** TravelPlus Mobile GPS repeater locations and geocoded location data are approximations only. POI directional information and location points displayed on maps DO NOT indicate actual repeater locations. TravelPlus Mobile GPS is NOT designed for, nor is it intended to be used for locating or navigating to actual repeater sites.
**** Purchase is for download and installation to a single Garmin nuvi GPS as identified by unit serial number, with reinstall to same unit possible if required. The software cannot be transferred to a second (or replacement) device.
The repeater listings that appear in the ARRL Repeater Directory, TravelPlus for Repeaters and TravelPlus GPS are based on information provided annually by volunteer repeater coordinators throughout the United States and Canada. If information about a repeater is not submitted to the ARRL, it is not published.
If a repeater appears to have been omitted from an ARRL product, or if the information that does appear is incorrect, please contact the responsible repeater coordinator first. You’ll find a complete list of coordinators in the front portion of the ARRL Repeater Directory and online at www.arrl.org/nfcc-coordinators.
Also Available:
TravelPlus for Repeaters CD-ROM
TravelPlus Upgrade for previous customers
The ARRL Repeater Directory (Pocket-sized Edition)
The ARRL Repeater Directory (Spiral Bound Desktop Edition)
2012-2013 Edition. © 2012, DHF Systems, LLC and The American Radio Relay League, Inc.
Pricey!
ARRL = $24.95
POI Factory = FREE!
http://www.poi-factory.com/search/pfc/repeaters
KD5XB in DM84
ARRL TravelPlus Mobile GPS
That is an excellent point, however, is our POI file getting a bit dated? As a side note, years ago when I was a younger ham I would buy the ARRL Directory. Maybe not necessarily every year, but I bought a bunch of them. Somewhat more recently I have started using more recent data from the Minnesota Repeater Council for my turf. I know neighboring Wisconsin has WAR (Wisconsin Amateur Radio) information on line. Beyond that it is infrequent enough that I travel beyond Minnesota or Wisconsin, that I don't bother.
Actually, if I had my way, Yaesu, Icom, Kenwood and others would take the next step and add both micro SD card slots and GPS receivers into the transceivers. That way the data could be pre-loaded much like the Uniden Home Patrol. For that matter, why not build in wi-fi to allow wireless updating. Also, have the ability to enter a ZIP code and it would load up repeaters in what ever radius you select!
Oh well, I am climbing off my soapbox now. Frankly, I am not all that active with the ham hobby right now anyways. And the fact that we now have so many digital modulation modes on VHF and UHF isn't helping any for me right now!
Jim NØJS
D-Star
If you're a user of the D-Star system I believe you'll see more and more of the technology you speak of in the near future. The ICOM ID-31A already as a SD card slot and comes with the entire repeater database installed along with GPS. So as you travel the Handie-Talkie will reference the repeaters closest to your location. The database is also updateable via the web. The Icom 92AD HT also is updateable I believe, via the web and software, but doesn't have the bells and whistles the 31 A does.
money to be made
When there is a buck to be made, you can bet the ARRL will be there. No matter if it's trying to get Hams to join for a high membership fee for "help" with what is a free FCC renewal, trying to preserve outdated code so they can sell more Morse code tapes, or in this case selling public information about other people's repeaters at high prices. If they were truly interested in promoting the hobby over making a buck they could give this information away (it had already been compiled and maintained for their paper based repeater directory), but you'll never see anything that decent from the ARRL.
ARRL TravelPlus Mobile GPS (Downloadable)
I was kust looking at this again on the ARRL website. Has anybody here tried this? How does it compare to our POIs?
if you
I was kust looking at this again on the ARRL website. Has anybody here tried this? How does it compare to our POIs?
bought their repeater directories they give you an app that you can install on your smart phone that will show the nearest repeaters