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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®: Approximately 5 minutes
  • SkySearch: 5 minutes 

Update Rate: 1 to 900 seconds between NMEA 0183 updates; programmable in 1 second increments

GPS accuracy:

  • Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical
  • Velocity: .1 knot RMS steady state

DGPS (USCG) accuracy:

  • Position: 3-5 meters, 95% typical
  • Velocity: .1 knot RMS steady state

DGPS (WAAS) accuracy:

  • Position: < 3 meters, 95% typical**
  • Velocity: .1 knot RMS steady state

Dynamics: 999 knots, 6g's

Map datums: 109 predefined, 1 user

Interfaces:

  • Dual-channel NMEA 2.0 compatible (2.30 selectable) baud rate
  • NMEA 0183 version 2.0 ASCII output (GPALM, GPGGA, GPGSA, GPGSV, GPRMC, GPGLL, GPVTG, PGRME, PGRMT, PGRMV, PGRMF)

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

Serial format:

  • Port 1 Selectable between NMEA and Garmin®. NMEA 0183 v2.0 (ASCII, see above)
  • Port 2 RTCM only. RTCM SC-104 differential input message types 1, 2, 3, 7and 9

 Physical

Environmental:
  • Operating Temperature: -30 degrees C to 80 degrees C
  • Storage Temperature: -40 degrees C to 80 degrees C

Cable: Foil-shielded 8 conductor 28 AWG

 Power   

Input Voltage: 10-40V

Input Current:

  • 65 mA @ 12v DC
  • 28 mA @ 40v DC

Power control:

  • OFF — open
  • ON — pull down to less than 0.5 volts

Sensitivity: -165 dBW minimum

* 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.

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

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