Newboy Posted December 7, 2004 Report Posted December 7, 2004 Looking at the Navamn 5500 plotter. The difference between the internal and external antenna are about $100. Is it worth the extra dosh, or would the roof on my boat hinder the internal one receiving information? Quote
Paul D Posted December 7, 2004 Report Posted December 7, 2004 Kam, I have a GPS/Plotter with an internal antenna. I get a reasonable enough signal despite the roof, however, I cannot yet pick up the WASS satellite which is low on the horizon. The signal is affected by the roof but I get around 5 satellites comfortably. In retrospect I think I would have gone external though, if only because it looks slicker but at $100 diff ..... By the way are you buying form the states. I got mine from a comapny called boatfix - very very good. Quote
Newboy Posted December 7, 2004 Author Report Posted December 7, 2004 http://store.wmjmarine.com/-c14818.html This is the baby. 5500x 519 Antenna 79 Fuel Kit 79 C-map nt+ 149 P&P 89 Total $915 or about Quote
domino Posted December 8, 2004 Report Posted December 8, 2004 Kam, You may have to pay Import duty, at appx 4% of the total inc shipping. You WILL also have to pay VAT, at 17.5% of the new total, when it arrives in the UK. If it is sent by USPS, in the states, it will then br delivered by Royal Mail over here, who will also add a handling charge. Alan Quote
Adam F Posted December 8, 2004 Report Posted December 8, 2004 Kam, I bought the Garmin 182C about 6 months ago from http://www.sportextreme.com/pz802x20281yUSD/ This was the cheapest place I could find on the net. They are based in Norway, Denamark or somewere like that. They are a cracking unit, and I would well recommend them. Check the site, but mine with ext. antena was - Quote
Newboy Posted December 8, 2004 Author Report Posted December 8, 2004 Reason I wanted a navman is so that I can connect my navman DCS to it. Somehow the it doesn't work with the gps I have (although it should do). I thought you are codding today with PJ and JB? Quote
Adam F Posted December 8, 2004 Report Posted December 8, 2004 The Navman VHF will connect to the Garmin - no probs. I was meant to be codding, but left for work yesterday at 4.00am and didnt get home until 9.00pm last night....little tired! Plus I have mountains of work to do today, and I'm out Friday anyway, so I took a rain check. They havent called me yet, so I guess no cod..... Quote
great white Posted December 8, 2004 Report Posted December 8, 2004 Bloody Hell Adam You swapping work for fishing, I am in shock We went out yesterday, [i could not sit here all week looking out on a mirror calm harbour] But allas no Cod We will keep trying though Charlie Quote
Bob F Posted December 9, 2004 Report Posted December 9, 2004 Kam, With the boat you have, you should go for the external antenna. The cabin and bits of kit will block some of your signal if you have the internal type. Double check that the price of the unit already includes an external antenna. Most of the time the antenna is included, and the total price should only be about Quote
Newboy Posted December 9, 2004 Author Report Posted December 9, 2004 The official price for the antenna is Quote
Bob F Posted December 10, 2004 Report Posted December 10, 2004 Kam, This does sound strange. With the Garmin GPS (not plotter), the external antenna version is about Quote
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