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 GPS Performance
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Receiver: WAAS-enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position

Acquisition times:*

  • Reacquisition: Less than 2 seconds
  • Warm: Approximately 15 seconds
  • Cold: Approximately 45 seconds
  • AutoLocate®: 2 minutes
  • SkySearch: 5 minutes

Update rate: 5Hz

GPS accuracy:

  • Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical**
  • Velocity: 0.1 knot RMS steady state

DGPS (USCG) accuracy:

  • Position: 3-5 meters, 95% typical
  • Velocity: 0.1 knot RMS steady state

DGPS (WAAS) accuracy:

  • Position: < 3 meters, 95% typical
  • Velocity: 0.1 knot RMS steady state

Dynamics: 999 knots, 6g’s

Map datums: 108 predefined, 1 user

 Interfaces

Serial interface:

Port 1: Selectable between NMEA and Garmin®. NMEA 0183 v2.00 (ASCII), GPALM, GPGGA, GPGSA, GPGSV, GPRMC, GPVTG, GPGLL, PGRME, PGRMF, PGRMT, PGRMV output

Port 2: RTCM only; RTCM SC-104 differential input message types 1, 2, 3, 7 and 9

Baud rates: 300/600/1200/2400/4800/9600/19200

 Environmental 

Temperature:

  • Operating: –30° to 80°C
  • Storage: –40° to 80°C

 Physical

Size:

  • 3.54" diameter (90 mm)
  • 1.65" height (42 mm)

Weight:

  • .46 lb (0.209 kg) unit only
  • 1.1lb. (0.499 kg) with cable

Cable: Foil-shielded 5 conductor 22 AWG

Mount: Magnetic base included

 Power

Input voltage:

  • Unregulated 8-40 Vdc

Input current:

  • 65 mA @ 12 Vdc
  • 28 mA @ 40 Vdc

Sensitivity: –165 dBW minimu

* Warm = all data known. Cold = position, time and almanac known. AutoLocate = almanac known, position and time unknown. SkySearch = no data known.

** Subject to accuracy degradation to 100m 2DRMS under the U.S. Department of Defense imposed Selective Availability Program.
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