Saville
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GPS antenna for Garmin Pilot on an Android Smartphone?
So the other day I downloaded the 30 day trial of Garmin Pilot onto my Android smartphone. I thought this would be a nice triple backup system to have handy. The screen is 2" x 3.5" so it's a little too small for primary nav.
Anyhow after downloading the 30 day free test trial I tried it out while driving home from work. Seemed to work pretty well. Couple days later, I went on a short XC and turned it on -
it never acquired the GPS satellites.
Well that's fairly useless.
And when I tried it under different conditions (e.g. in buildings, outside etc), sometimes it acquires the satellites and - all too often - it did not.
Right now, seated in my office in my house, I get quick satellite acquisition.
So then I was thinking it needs a better antenna. I see this combination GPS and GLONASS antenna on Amazon for $129. Not sure I want the Russkies guiding me![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Anyhow can someone suggest a blutetooth GPS antenna that would help satellite acquisition on my Android Smartphone? I might buy a tablet later on and if it worked for that too that would be good.
Or is there a better solution?
thanks
So the other day I downloaded the 30 day trial of Garmin Pilot onto my Android smartphone. I thought this would be a nice triple backup system to have handy. The screen is 2" x 3.5" so it's a little too small for primary nav.
Anyhow after downloading the 30 day free test trial I tried it out while driving home from work. Seemed to work pretty well. Couple days later, I went on a short XC and turned it on -
it never acquired the GPS satellites.
Well that's fairly useless.
And when I tried it under different conditions (e.g. in buildings, outside etc), sometimes it acquires the satellites and - all too often - it did not.
Right now, seated in my office in my house, I get quick satellite acquisition.
So then I was thinking it needs a better antenna. I see this combination GPS and GLONASS antenna on Amazon for $129. Not sure I want the Russkies guiding me
Anyhow can someone suggest a blutetooth GPS antenna that would help satellite acquisition on my Android Smartphone? I might buy a tablet later on and if it worked for that too that would be good.
Or is there a better solution?
thanks
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