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but gps units still work better with a clear shot at the sky
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This used to be my experience as well till lately. My first Bluetooth GPS (older) was "BlueGPS" made by Royaltek. It was good and connected well with my mogul but I had to have the unit on the dash, period. I even bought an external antenna and plastered it to the glass for good reception. Then I bought a "WondeX BT-760Y BT GPS" by GiSTEQ because a lot of positive things were being said about its new chip. It was quirky to connect to my Mogul and not much better in the reception area, I generally feel it was a waste of money and should've stayed with my Royaltek. Then I read an interesting post were individuals claimed spectacular reception with their GPS unit. One gal even said she kept it in her purse and got great reception. I was like BS big time but I got hooked and bought it. It's the "Holux GPSlim 240 Bluetooth Wireless GPS" and it has the SiRF StarIII High Sensitive Chipset with 20 parallel satellite-tracking channels for fast acquisition and reacquisition. It has worked flawlessly for me on the key chain, usually getting 7-11 pickups. Then I did the unthinkable and put it in my computer bag with the top open, there was at most an opening of about one inch at the top. When I put it in I had already connected to 9 satellites. I was using Google Maps on my Mogul and my drive to work is 30 miles for about 45 minutes and yes it got me all the way there with a minimum of 7 connections. I just could not believe it. It connects to my Mogul the best of the three I've owned. When I am at anyones house or at my office I stay connected, in fact the only time I have not been connected is when I have gone through a tunnel. As far as I'm concerned this unit is small and amazing! I paid a total of 69.95 on ebay.
Does anyone have a tracking program they would recommend? I go ATV a lot and hiking and would like to track my routes. I need something to go on my Mogul for collecting the tracks and hopefully something that can be uploaded to a laptop and then edited like giving the tracks names and colors etc.