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From January 2012 QST © ARRL

as you do not have to start from complete

power off position each time you restart.

On the other hand, when you are parked

for the night or any length of time, turning

off the main power conserves the internal

battery. I could not wear down the battery

from normal use.

Geosat Suite

Geosat Suite is the desktop software that

recognizes your G6 when it is connected

to your PC via the USB port. It reports the

status of the G6’s software and automati-

cally checks for available updates. The fol-

lowing functions are supported by soft but-

tons: Software Update, Map Update, User

Manual, Change Welcome Page, Explore

Device, Add Contents from PC, POI (points

of interest), Change Text-to-Speech Voice,

Backup and Restore.

Navigation Features

The G6 has a number of navigation fea-

tures that make it useful for normal driving:

 You can choose 2D, 3D or night view.

 Multiple destinations, up to 10 way-

points.

 Thousands of preloaded points-of-

interest (POI) in numerous groupings can

be displayed on the map. POI management

is quite powerful. The G6 will take you to

any location that you select with a touch

of a finger.

 The “Where To Go” page lets you

choose among the following: Address, POI,

Contact, Drive me Home, Lat/Lon, Favorite

POI, Save Routes and Pick on Map.

 You can ask for the fastest or short-

est route and customize the route to avoid

toll roads, walkways, ferry routes, U turns,

highways, unpaved roads or built-up areas.

 Lane Assistant visually warns you

what lanes are good, and which to avoid, to

Adding Capability with the Byonics Tiny Tracker 4

The Byonics Tiny Tracker 4 (TT4) is an APRS capable TNC available as a

kit or built and tested. It is supported by a host of available interface cables for

computer and radio, free downloadable firmware, keyboard and display options,

and downloadable documentation. The TT4 is a relatively inexpensive way to

turn any 2 meter radio into an APRS station.

While the AvMap GeoSat 6 APRS is designed to work with all Kenwood

APRS capable radios, Kenwood does not support all of the messaging capabili-

ties of the G6. Kenwood does support message sending via the mic keypad,

only. With a capable TNC such as the TT4 connected between the G6 and your

radio, it is possible to select a received station from the G6 APRS contact list

and send that station a message. When such a station is selected a soft key-

board appears on the screen. The “keys” are about the size of my finger tips and

make message creation as easy as one could imagine. The G6 keeps a log of

messages sent, received, and pending, much like an email application.

For a full description of features and related information, see www.byonics.

com/tinytrak4.

Figure 5 — The AvMap G6 magnetic mount

holds the unit in place while driving yet

makes it easy to remove and take with you.

Figure 6 — The G6 can be operated in

landscape or portrait mode by rotating it

in the magnetic mount.

get to your destination. This is to keep you

on course, not warn you of construction or

accident obstructions. This is a smart feature

as it only displays when a potential detour

is coming up.

 A Stop Planner helps organize meal

breaks and gas stops.

 Trip Computer — provides data and

graphics for speed, altitude, etc.

 Turn-by-turn voice instructions with

text-to-speech.

Highway speed limits are usually dis-

played in the info bar below the map, and

they changed, for example, from 50 to 55,

just when I saw the posted speed limit sign.

I drive I-95 between Connecticut and

South Florida quite frequently, and can tell

you that some states are better than others

about giving advance warning for rest areas.

So, I did an internet search and found a POI

website that actually had a file of all the

rest areas on the interstate highways in the

US. Geosat Suite can convert and import

such files in most standard formats. In the

process I found a bitmap file of a rest area

sign that I doctored to suit me for an icon

and uploaded that with the associated POI

file. I am writing this portion of this review

in Fayetteville, North Carolina (my trip mid-

point), and can tell you that this has worked

quite well so far.

I know this route well, so really did not

need a navigator. However, for this review

I decided to see how the G6 would get me

into Broward County, Florida, and take me

to my destination from the first exit on I-95

in Florida. It could have taken me straight

down I-95, but it did not. Since I did not

tell it to avoid toll roads, it did exactly

what I would have done — it directed me

to Florida’s Turnpike when I reached the

crossover in Fort Pierce. This crossover

takes you off of I-95 to surface streets that

take you to the turnpike’s entrance. (This

route avoids the traffic tie-ups that are typi-

cal around the Palm Beach airport on I-95.)

The G6’s Lane Assistant pointed out the

right lanes for me to be in throughout the

transition. The navigator brought me right

to my door in a gated condo community in

northern Broward.

Unique Capabilities

I tested text messaging using the Byon-

ics TT4 and G6 with a handheld radio. The

TT4 is a way to turn any 2 meter FM set into

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