3 inch or 3 feet of extension? Does that not degrade the antenna. I have the
Garmin III plus and love it, but need to get stronger signal to the unit.
al
> Hi
> For what its worth I have about 6 gpses of various kinds on the boat, rig and
> for flying. I really like the Gamin the best. User friendly, and reliable. I
> have the street pilot, bigger but looks like the smaller pilotIII. Works
> great and has all the maps, to some detail. You put in a waypoint at each
> hwy. junction, where you are actually changing to another road, and the line
> then follows the road. So on my recent trip from Caliph to Fort Lauderdale
> one waypoint getting onto 10 in caliph and one in FL getting onto 75. In the
> rig I put an antenna on the roof. The proper on is about the size of a hockey
> puck. easy to seal, and hard to see. Works great. They also work pretty good
> just in the window. On the Gamin the antenna comes off, BNC connector, and
> you can get a 3" extension from RS and lay it on the dash, works fine.
>
> Jim
Garmin III plus and love it, but need to get stronger signal to the unit.
al
> Hi
> For what its worth I have about 6 gpses of various kinds on the boat, rig and
> for flying. I really like the Gamin the best. User friendly, and reliable. I
> have the street pilot, bigger but looks like the smaller pilotIII. Works
> great and has all the maps, to some detail. You put in a waypoint at each
> hwy. junction, where you are actually changing to another road, and the line
> then follows the road. So on my recent trip from Caliph to Fort Lauderdale
> one waypoint getting onto 10 in caliph and one in FL getting onto 75. In the
> rig I put an antenna on the roof. The proper on is about the size of a hockey
> puck. easy to seal, and hard to see. Works great. They also work pretty good
> just in the window. On the Gamin the antenna comes off, BNC connector, and
> you can get a 3" extension from RS and lay it on the dash, works fine.
>
> Jim
