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So I want to rig up my rig with a tablet Nav set up. Mainly for forest roads and BLM lands, on the west side of the country... I do alot of hunting, hiking, trail driving and camping and am slowly outfitting the rig more and more for the upcoming zombie apocalypse..lol So as of right now Nav and Coms are on my mind. Ive spent some time in the Ham section aswell and nodoubt am going to pull the trigger on a operators license and a FT-7900. But back on point, I have been reading through thread after thread over here and now I am more confused than ever on what to do. To add to the delema I currently own 4 different tablets all of which could work so lets get into it.
1) Toshiba Thrive 10.1 (Android)
2) IPAD 2 16GB (IOS)
3) Galaxy Tab (Android)
4) Windows Surface RT (Windows 8.1)
I plan on using a Pro Clip Mounting system (????????)
Full disclosure I am drawn to the idea of a windows based system, simply because it can be so multi functional and I should be able to use it to program my FT-7800 on the fly But I am not sure that it even works as I have not been able to find anyone who has used on for navigation.
GPS Choices as I see it would be (I am definitely open to suggestions?)
1) Garmin GLO
2) Duel XGPS150
3) Bad Elf pro
Next comes the Nav program decision (God help me). I already own garmin products and have topos for that as well as Imaging and my GPS hunting maps program. It would be nice to be able to use some of that vs. buy new stuff but what ever. 2 other options I was looking at was obviously BackCountry Navigator if I go android or possibly Overland Navigator if I can go windows based? (opinions needed here please)
That about sums up the mental hell I'm suffering right now, I would like to Thank you in advance for taking the time to help..
1) Toshiba Thrive 10.1 (Android)
2) IPAD 2 16GB (IOS)
3) Galaxy Tab (Android)
4) Windows Surface RT (Windows 8.1)
I plan on using a Pro Clip Mounting system (????????)
Full disclosure I am drawn to the idea of a windows based system, simply because it can be so multi functional and I should be able to use it to program my FT-7800 on the fly But I am not sure that it even works as I have not been able to find anyone who has used on for navigation.
GPS Choices as I see it would be (I am definitely open to suggestions?)
1) Garmin GLO
2) Duel XGPS150
3) Bad Elf pro
Next comes the Nav program decision (God help me). I already own garmin products and have topos for that as well as Imaging and my GPS hunting maps program. It would be nice to be able to use some of that vs. buy new stuff but what ever. 2 other options I was looking at was obviously BackCountry Navigator if I go android or possibly Overland Navigator if I can go windows based? (opinions needed here please)
That about sums up the mental hell I'm suffering right now, I would like to Thank you in advance for taking the time to help..
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