I am adding a GPS to my BCD996XT. The number of sites in my scan list will be in the hundreds. The GPS can be 'programmed' to supply its updates every second, or go several seconds before it sends its information.
Does anyone have experience using a GPS with a large scan list?
I realize that each time the GPS sends an update, the scanner recalculates the distances to each of its sites and updates the list of 'locked out' sites. Only then can it 'scan'.
What I don't know is whether this process is so complex or time consuming that the scanner won't have time to complete its scans before it receives the next GPS update.
In short, I don't want to overload the scanner with GPS info, if that is even possible.
Is the process so fast that there is no problem with this?
Or is this something that will cause a problem?
Thanks,
Fred
Does anyone have experience using a GPS with a large scan list?
I realize that each time the GPS sends an update, the scanner recalculates the distances to each of its sites and updates the list of 'locked out' sites. Only then can it 'scan'.
What I don't know is whether this process is so complex or time consuming that the scanner won't have time to complete its scans before it receives the next GPS update.
In short, I don't want to overload the scanner with GPS info, if that is even possible.
Is the process so fast that there is no problem with this?
Or is this something that will cause a problem?
Thanks,
Fred