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Small GPS USB receivers

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:01 pm
by bccanucker
Do any of you have any experiance with any of these small USB GPS receivers? Have just upgraded my PC and Nobeltec and am thinking of one of these USB's
Ones I have read about are
1. The Garmin GPS 18X USB (Passager maker electronic article gave this a huge thumbs up)
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=27594
2. US GlobalSat BU-353 Waterproof USB GPS. Half the price of # 1
http://www.usglobalsat.com/p-62-bu-353- ... rge/62.jpg
3. Nobeltec sell a USB GPS 9P Portable (I think they call it a bug)
http://cms.nobeltec.com/cms/Products/No ... SBGPS.aspx

Any hands on experiance reports on these or other brands would be appreciated

Re: Small GPS USB receivers

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 6:28 am
by johnthekayaker
I have been using the GlobStat BU-353 with Coastal Navigator 2009 and Polar Navy an it works great. It does have a magnetic base so keep it away from your compass. I have mine stuck to the top of my metal PC cover inside the bridge coaming on my A32CB. This reduces the signal strength a little but it has never failed to report my position accurately. If I zoom in it actually shows me in my slip.

John Loos
On the Loos
1989 A32CB

Re: Small GPS USB receivers

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:11 am
by joe.baar
I have the BU-353 and it works perfectly. No reason to spend more for one of these.

Re: Small GPS USB receivers

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:48 pm
by bccanucker
Thanks guys.
Joe; - I see you are also in the Pacific Northwest. Where did you buy it?

Re: Small GPS USB receivers

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:24 am
by joe.baar
Roy,
Sorry for the delay. I ordered the BU-353 through Amazon. The supplier is noted on my shipment receipt form as "SCS Collectibles, Inc". Price in November 2010 was $36.95 + shipping $6.17 = $43.12. I'm sure there's a local supplier somewhere around here - maybe like Frye's - but Amazon is so much easier because I always get lost driving around in Renton.

If I remember right, on Amazon I just looked for something like "USB GPS Receiver" and it came up under Electronics.