Re: MTT4BT and Garmin Montana APRS
Final question before I put in my order- What antennas are appropriate for an ATV/Motorcycle (not much metal). Will a HT Nagoya NA-771 whip be appropriate?
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Re: compatible weather station for MTT4B-Mini
Dj, What I know about using weather stations on APRS can comfortably be written on a matchbook with a crayon. The two main systems that are APRS compatible are some of the Peet Brothers. and the Davis
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compatible weather station for MTT4B-Mini
We want to setup a remote weather station powered by solar/battery.? I'm looking at the MTT4B-Mini that states in the addendum manual, " for stand-alone battery or solar powered digipeaters, weather
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Dj Merrill
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Re: MTT4BT and Garmin Montana APRS
Good time to update the firmware.I can think of 3 options for improvement:1. Ignore the message "Talker ID" ($G?) and look at the 4th, 5th, and 6th characters2. Parse out the 3 common options (all
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Rob Giuliano
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Re: MTT4BT and Garmin Montana APRS
My use case will be on the amps mount which does include data wiring. From another page(gpscity.com I think¡) I understand that the Garmin serial usb cable will work as well if you get a 5pin mini
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Re: MTT4BT and Garmin Montana APRS
Garmin certainly does not make it easy to find out about? their products! It looks like you can get serial (RS-232) NMEA out of a Montana if you have the mounting bracket option. otherwise, it
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Re: MTT4BT and Garmin Montana APRS
This is for the Montana 700 series. The 600 series appears to be the same, but doesn't give the detail.
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Re: MTT4BT and Garmin Montana APRS
Thanks for the link!? Which unit of the Montana species is this spec sheet for? All the units I have checked not only have multi-GNSS, which is a problem for the TT4-based products unless they can be
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Re: MTT4BT and Garmin Montana APRS
I was able to dig this up: https://www.gpsrchive.com/Montana%207x0/index.htm * *Garmin Spanner* (Creates a virtual serial port for use with most NMEA 0183 compliant programs) * NMEA Sentences * Status
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Re: How can I do this? toggling between two APRS messages.
Bear, If you end up with a Garmin Colorado, would you mind telling us which one you bought, and whether you could turn off the GLONASS sentences? 73, Allen AF6OF
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Re: MTT4BT and Garmin Montana APRS
Rob, Thanks for the reply. To be clear, I don¡¯t have the MTT4BT yet, just considering a purchase if it fits my use case. I¡¯ll take a look at the firmware manual as suggested. My uncle works at
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Re: MTT4BT and Garmin Montana APRS
Wonder if I just turn off the Galileo will make a difference. Good point though.
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Re: MTT4BT and Garmin Montana APRS
Brian - Can you give a better description of what you are having an issue with on your MTT4B and Garmin?From your message, I gathered the issue is waypoints. From Allen's message, it appears you may
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Rob Giuliano
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Re: MTT4BT and Garmin Montana APRS
Brian, I believe that all the new models of the Montana series all put out the GLONASS sentences. Older units were plain old NMEA serial. If you have a newer unit, you will have to find out how to
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Re: How can I do this? toggling between two APRS messages.
I'll find out what it will do. I think I have enough information to dive in. Thanks everyone. ;B [email protected]> wrote:
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Bear Albrecht
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Re: How can I do this? toggling between two APRS messages.
I just verified that you can switch between banks without a reset.HOWEVER, when switching banks, there is an immediate (okay slight delayed) TX with the new settings.The TT4 does not reset and give
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Rob Giuliano
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MTT4BT and Garmin Montana APRS
I am looking to replicate what the Kenwood D710 can do with the Garmin system, but in a much smaller package. I want a headless APRS tracking system, with just the waypoints popping up on the garmin.
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#998
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Re: How can I do this? toggling between two APRS messages.
The hardware manual gives the hardware information.Bank 0 or Bank 1 are referenced in the firmware manual as firmware choices according to BNKMODE. The hardware manual refers to J1 - Radio pin 4 as
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Rob Giuliano
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Re: How can I do this? toggling between two APRS messages.
Bear, I don't have a TT4 on hand to look at, so I don't know where it is exactly, but the bank switch input should be labeled JP1. You have to allows the TT4 to use the BANK input in the
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#996
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Re: How can I do this? toggling between two APRS messages.
OK, I'm looking at the TT4 hardware manual and I have yet to figure out what to ground-or-not ... The word "bank" doesn't appear in that document at all. ;B -- Bear Albrecht? W5VZB? OOOTC
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Bear Albrecht
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