[gps-talkusers] Re: Royaltek 2001 thoughts

Martin,

I wouldn't think there would be any difference between all the Sirf Star 3 receivers. By default, these sirf star 3 receivers have WAAS disabled. Do you know if the RoyalTech is enabled? Last one I tried a few months ago was not. We had the Holux specially modified with WAAS enabled.

Also, the RoyalTech I tried did not have a physical on/off switch. It had a button. Has this changed?

Mike


At 12:14 PM 3/18/2006, you wrote:

The relatively new Royaltek <http://www.royaltek.com/>http://www.royaltek.com/ BT-GPS RBT-2001 SiRF Star III Bluetooth GPS receiver is based on the same chipset as the Holux <ww.holux.com.htm>ww.holux.com.tw slim 236 but with newer firmware. It appears to be a little beauty in combination with the Trekker and also Braillenote GPS. After extensive but unscientific tests on Friday I'm glad to report similar performance to the above Holux receiver, a favourite of mine since getting hold of one last summer. Maybe the satellite acquisition time is even a little faster. Independent reviews also tend to favour the Royaltek for accuracy over others in the same class. I think that one pays a little precision price for the better sensitivity over older generation chips with the relatively new <http://www.sirf.com/products-ss3.html>SiRFstar III based receivers but for my requirements the trade off is more than worth it.

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It has an on off switch and can also use standard Nokia batteries, a good job really as autonomy is poorer than similar specked systems. The package we received didn't contain a case or manes charger, but this won't be a problem for Trekker users as the critter fits on the charger shipped with our system, and because the profile is the same you can use the 1000sT case. I guess the lack of a pluggin charger could be a problem for some users. Maybe we received an incomplete package.



Note: I don't recommend the Holux Slim 236 with Trekker yet as we have found some problems with the combination.

The Royaltek 2001 costs just under £80 when purchased online and it rocks!

Martin Roberts
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