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FIGURE 10-31: Good antenna locations<br />

FIGURE 10-32: Poor choices for the antenna<br />

Hooking Up Hardware to Software<br />

Chapter 10 — More <strong>Data</strong> Tricks<br />

Now all that is left to do is create the interface between the hardware and the software:<br />

1. Make sure that the GPS is connected to the PC properly.<br />

2. Switch the GPS on and make sure that it is getting an adequate signal (remember that a<br />

spot that provides you with good signal at one time might not do so later as the satellites<br />

move — check on it).<br />

3. Run the NMEATime application.<br />

4. From the NMEATime Properties screen, click the GPS Signal Quality tab (see<br />

Figure 10-33). Use this to check the signal quality being received by the software.<br />

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