[sci.electronics] NMEA 0180/0183

jim@ghp.UUCP (Jim Stewart) (07/21/90)

Thanks for the responses to my request for the NMEA 0180/0183
spec's.  Most people suggested this month's Practical Sailor.
That article, while useful, is not the level of detail I had
wanted (only skimmed it so far).  In fact the article makes
me want the real spec's even more, as it discusses why two devices
using the same spec won't talk (tragic, but it is good to know that
this sort of thing goes on everywhere).

I had already as one person suggested, talked to NMEA.  They
want $38 US for the spec and I was told the 0180 part I wanted
was only 6 pages long (poorly written as this person above suggested).
Oh well, I guess that's what boating is all about.  I did try
the manufacturer (Apelco), but they are secretive about the technology
in their lorans.

Sooo, still looking, tnx so far.
-- 
Jim Stewart, VE3SRJ
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