Hello folks, OK, I have another question regarding dry bags for GPS/Cell Phones, etc. I picked up a Voyageur bag for use this weekend. The question is, can I place both a GPS and a Cell Phone in the same bag? I have the Magellan GPS315 and a Motorola V60 phone and they both fit very nicely in the bag. I was just concerned rather the cell phone would interupt or alter the GPS from transmitting to the satelites. Your thoughts? Wade -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- How deep would the ocean be if they removed all of the sponges? Wade Norton - Vancouver, WA USA http://home.attbi.com/~wade.norton/ -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 21:37:16 -0800, Wade Norton wrote: >The question is, can I place both a GPS and a Cell Phone in the same bag? I >have the Magellan GPS315 and a Motorola V60 phone and they both fit very >nicely in the bag. I was just concerned rather the cell phone would >interupt or alter the GPS from transmitting to the satelites. I doubt there would be much interference. First because cellular systems today use 824-896 MHz and 1850MHz-1990MHz while civilian GPS uses 1575.42 MHz. Your GPS is only a passive reciever and doesn't do any transmitting (uplinking). Also, since both devices rely on coded modulation schemes they are each particularly immune from off-frequency rf interference. The best way to be sure is to try and see if there is a difference in each unit's performance with the other first on and then off. --allan *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
<<Wade snipped<<I was just concerned rather the cell phone would interupt or alter the GPS from transmitting to the satelites. Your thoughts?>> Good question. We know the airlines are concerned about the use of cell phones and gps devices while flying. It's a real concern. Hold your cell phone close to an AM radio and listen to the static. Especially when it transmits. Will the phone affect the gps? Maybe. I suspect that if it does it would be limited to reception and not accuracy. Do what you did when you got the gps, take it out in the backyard and give it a try. Let us know. I can't imagine a problem with the phone from the gps. Although, just because a gps is only a receiver doesn't mean that it won't produce some interference. I'm convinced that all the random radio interference floating around out there is the reason I can't remember things like I did forty years ago. ;-) Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
If you are hoping to use the phone while it is in the bag, I would think you might have some difficulty opening the clam shell design of the v60, which I think it has, while all sealed. If you remove it to place the call, any water that touches the keypad may instantly short it out. My company has lost several cell phones after just a drop or two of water hit the key pad. As far as interfering with the GPS, I don't know if your model has a built in compass as mine does. If so you might have a big problem with that particular function working due to the nearby metal of the cell phone throwing off the magnetic field. After some problem with my GPS's compass I realized the "specially made" pouch for it had a metal fastener that made the compass always point one direction. Bob >>> Wade wrote: The question is, can I place both a GPS and a Cell Phone in the same bag? I have the Magellan GPS315 and a Motorola V60 phone and they both fit very nicely in the bag. I was just concerned rather the cell phone would interupt or alter the GPS from transmitting to the satelites. .......................................................... Robert Brubaker "Hitch your wagon to a star." Ralph Waldo Emerson http://home.earthlink.net/~rbrub/ .......................................................... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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