From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat May 22 15: 7:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from xylan.com (postal.xylan.com [208.8.0.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD25014EE7 for ; Sat, 22 May 1999 15:07:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from mailhub.xylan.com by xylan.com (8.8.7/SMI-SVR4 (xylan-mgw 2.2 [OUT])) id PAA00244; Sat, 22 May 1999 15:05:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from omni.xylan.com by mailhub.xylan.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (mailhub 2.1 [HUB])) id PAA08313; Sat, 22 May 1999 15:05:38 -0700 Received: from softweyr.com ([204.68.178.39]) by omni.xylan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1 (xylan engr [SPOOL])) id AA17549; Sat, 22 May 99 15:05:27 PDT Message-Id: <37472A22.84F29CFC@softweyr.com> Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 16:05:22 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Nate Williams Cc: Matthew Dillon , Ladavac Marino , "'Joe Abley'" , Joe McGuckin , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPS receivers for xntpd (off-topic) References: <55586E7391ACD211B9730000C1100276179609@r-lmh-wi-100.corpnet.at> <199905192342.QAA44260@apollo.backplane.com> <199905221749.LAA06777@mt.sri.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Nate Williams wrote: > > > : [ gps talk ] > > :... > > > > I've been very impressed with the newer ( last 5 months ) Garmin > > handhelds. The older ones only had 8 channel receivers. The newer > > ones have 12 channel receivers sensitive enough that the units often > > work indoors. > > FWIW, the Garmin 12XL is a *very* nice unit. I've used it for almost 2 > years now (work related), and have nothing but high-praise to speak > about it. > > The Garmin 12 is also nice, but does not allow for an external antenna. > > (We use them for clock synchronization at a macro-level of +-1sec, which > is adequate for our applications.) My GPS-II is the Garmin 12 in a cooler package, with an external antenna. It's a great little unit, and acquires position quite quickly. The II Plus is still available in the same package for about $250, and is feature idential to the 12XL. Garmin can't be beat in GPS. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message