Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
"brian whatcott" wrote in message
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I'm out of touch.
I'd like advice on selecting the
1) cheapest GPS that
2) can enter waypoints and
3) can display cross track error, time and distance to go.

It would also be pleasant to
4) dump track made good coordinates in a form that Google Earth could
handle, directly or indirectly.



That would be a used non-aviation GPS on Ebay...

I have an old Garmin GSMAP-76 that does all that. I suspect that just
about any GPS will also.


Thanks for responding. I have two GPSs presently - an Explorist 300
[Magellan] and a GPS40 [Garmin] -both long in the tooth.

I notice the Garmin GPS 40 has only limited channels (4 or 5?) but it
shows CTE AND has a 4 pin output connection which (I assume)
offers NMEA. I thought it had gone splat years ago, but on an impulse
put batteries in, and lo - after a few minutes, it powered up.
Favorable constellation siting, I suppose... I cannot enter waypoints
though...

The other handheld from Magellan does not talk to anyone, and cannot
enter waypoints, [except as present positions] but it acquires fast and
tracks 13 birds (I think).

If the GSMAP-76 will enter coordinates, I will take a search.

Regards

Brian W