I have been using the setup for a month or so. The biggest drawback that I
can't figure out how to get around is you don't know when another station was
in the position plotted on the map. As long as that person remains in range
and continues to operate the position moves. But if they run out of range,
turn the radio off, or whatever, the position you see on the map may be from an
hour or longer ago. If you drive somewhere today and drive back tomorrrow,
tomorrow you will see positions plotted today. I have managed to mitigate that
somewhat for road trips by setting maxrange in the ot2 to 25 miles and clearing
out the waypoints periodically. That way I know that as I drive any position
within 25 miles of my location is fresh. I really wish that Scott could come
up with a way to age the waypoints out of the Nuvi, but as best I can tell that
would require the OT2 to keep the full list of waypoints onboard and upload it
to the Nuvi
periodically. There doesn't seem to be a way to delete individual waypoints
from the FMI.
I have never received a message. I don't see that capability as very useful
for general hamming, but it is ideal for public service and emergency net use.
Just my opinions, others may vary.
Al K5TAN
