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Hi people and thanks for all replies and suggestions. I've actually already from advices from others and my own thoughts, bought a globalsat bt-338 instead and it certainly does alot better than the "32 channel spook" Thanks everyone for the information. I am looking for a bluetooth solution pimarily as I it get's cheaper. thanks again. Kristian

Hi! I just bought my first GPS - a bluetooth GPS module for my symbian phone, a xaiox 32channel instantfix, bought it on ebay from dealcat.de. It does not have EGNOS/WAAS support but has 32 channels and is advertised to do <5 M accuracy under open sky 90% of the time. That's why I choosed it over a EGNOS capable receiver since I've read all too much about EGNOS not making a noticable difference in europe. I'm new to GPS and haven't got too much experience yet of the GPS system. My question is therefore, is the performance I'm getting good, or bad? or just average? I feel somewhat concerned about it. I've done some geocaching, visited about 5-6 caches so I'm starting to get a feel for it and my gps device. Under an open sky my GPS usually points me to a position within 2-7 meters of the cache spot. Not quite the "<5m 90% of the time" specified. The real problems started when I went into the woods here. The device was pretty much completelly unable to sense my movement and give me a course. If I stood still for a long time it could sense my position but of course not give me a course. This was a real anticlimax, I don't know if I could have navigated out of the forest like this if I wouldn't know where I was, which I did thank god. The forest was pretty dense but not extremely dense. It got better when I got to an open spot within the woods but except for that place msot of the time it wouldn't sense my movement at all. Another situation: A cache in the city, by the wall of an old castle (stone walls). Everything pointed fine until I got close to the walls, then things got bad, there was no real way of getting a direction and the gps only sensed my movement at certain spots. Perhaps the signal bounced on the stone walls, I don't know. Once again an anticlimax. I had a feeling for where the cache was, and I was right, butwithout that feeling I would probably have a search radius of at least 20-40 meters or so! Finally I find the gps pretty "slow" on sensing my movement. Say I have a fix and start walking, it takes quite a few seconds before it senses my movement and gives a course and it takes even longer before the course is actually pretty correct. If I stop and walk the opposite direction it once again takes quite some time before it senses the change. What do you think of this experience? Did I get a bad brand or model of my gps receiver or is this just "the way it is"? I'm quite a perfectionist perhaps but I expected abit more. Should I have bought a EGNOS capable receiver instead? (despite the fact I've heard alot of that it doesn't do a big difference in europe) Please give me your reactions and experience on this! Can I get better results from another device? regards, Kristian Tigersjäl

Hi! I just bought my first GPS - a bluetooth GPS module for my symbian phone, a xaiox 32channel instantfix, bought it on ebay from dealcat.de. It does not have EGNOS/WAAS support but has 32 channels and is advertised to do <5 M accuracy under open sky 90% of the time. That's why I choosed it over a EGNOS capable receiver since I've read all too much about EGNOS not making a noticable difference in europe. I'm new to GPS and haven't got too much experience yet of the GPS system. My question is therefore, is the performance I'm getting good, or bad? or just average? I feel somewhat concerned about it. I've done some geocaching, visited about 5-6 caches so I'm starting to get a feel for it and my gps device. Under an open sky my GPS usually points me to a position within 2-7 meters of the cache spot. Not quite the "<5m 90% of the time" specified. The real problems started when I went into the woods here. The device was pretty much completelly unable to sense my movement and give me a course. If I stood still for a long time it could sense my position but of course not give me a course. This was a real anticlimax, I don't know if I could have navigated out of the forest like this if I wouldn't know where I was, which I did thank god. The forest was pretty dense but not extremely dense. It got better when I got to an open spot within the woods but except for that place msot of the time it wouldn't sense my movement at all. Another situation: A cache in the city, by the wall of an old castle (stone walls). Everything pointed fine until I got close to the walls, then things got bad, there was no real way of getting a direction and the gps only sensed my movement at certain spots. Perhaps the signal bounced on the stone walls, I don't know. Once again an anticlimax. I had a feeling for where the cache was, and I was right, butwithout that feeling I would probably have a search radius of at least 20-40 meters or so! Finally I find the gps pretty "slow" on sensing my movement. Say I have a fix and start walking, it takes quite a few seconds before it senses my movement and gives a course and it takes even longer before the course is actually pretty correct. If I stop and walk the opposite direction it once again takes quite some time before it senses the change. What do you think of this experience? Did I get a bad brand or model of my gps receiver or is this just "the way it is"? I'm quite a perfectionist perhaps but I expected abit more. Should I have bought a EGNOS capable receiver instead? (despite the fact I've heard alot of that it doesn't do a big difference in europe) Please give me your reactions and experience on this! Can I get better results from another device? regards, Kristian Tigersjäl