Well I decided it may be useful to have a GPS receiver to use with AutoRoute on my laptop, I didn't want to spend a lot of money to test out the theory, so I looked on E-Bay. I won one at auction for £30 from a guy in Hong Kong.
I used it on our recent trip to Llandudno, and it worked like a dream, or at least it did for about 70 miles, and then it packed up! No amount of reloading of drivers etc made a scrap of difference, and I tried 3 other PC's - still no good.
At this point I decided to write it off and get a better quality one from someone in this country.
I chose a "RoyalTek - Sapphire Smart Antenna" from the GPS Warehouse. I opted for the serial connection model, as it stated that serial was compatible with more GPS Software than the USB. It arrived quickly enough and I set about connecting it up, that's when I realised that I have a "Legacy Free" laptop - No Serial ports! Sheepishly I called them, and they agreed I could send it back and exchange it.
It cost me an addition £10 in postage to replace it, but it's here now. I have installed it on the laptop, and it's a cracker!! The accuracy is really good, and it's as stable as anything.
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