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personal reradiating antenna, 73–74<br />

pFranc, USB-to-serial converter, 15, 150<br />

PGRM prefix, NMEA sentences, 196<br />

PMGN prefix, NMEA sentences, 196<br />

Pocket PC. See handheld device<br />

points of confluence, 292–294<br />

PolyPhaser website, 72<br />

portable device. See handheld device<br />

position<br />

definition of, 166–168, 318<br />

determining with VisualGPS, 249<br />

Position, Velocity, Time (PVT), 166–171<br />

positional errors, 162<br />

postcardware application, 191<br />

power cords<br />

combined with data cable, 17, 18–19<br />

definition of, 16–17<br />

making, 30–32<br />

power supply. See also power cords<br />

affecting Bluetooth range, 154<br />

alkaline batteries, 41–42, 43, 49–52<br />

automotive circuit, connecting GPS receiver to,<br />

16–17, 30<br />

battery packs, making, 49–57<br />

Battery Saver (Low Power) mode, 44<br />

button cell battery, for backup, 45–46<br />

care of batteries, 46<br />

external antenna and, 69<br />

for geocaching, 274–278<br />

lead-acid battery, 47–49, 276<br />

lithium batteries, 42–43, 52–57<br />

Lithium-Ion rechargeable batteries, 41<br />

NiMH (nickel-metal hydride) rechargeable<br />

batteries, 43–46<br />

protecting from jolts, 286<br />

for reradiating antenna, 74<br />

solar power, 57–59<br />

12-volt power supply, 47–49<br />

zinc-carbon batteries, 42<br />

PPS (Precise Positioning Service) signal, 307<br />

Precision (P-code)<br />

definition of, 318<br />

encrypted (Y-code), 319<br />

used by PPS, 307<br />

Premier geocaching website, 314<br />

primary confluences, 293<br />

programming with GPS data, 193–194, 251<br />

protectors, screen, 88–92<br />

pseudo-random code, 311<br />

PVT (Position, Velocity, Time), 166–171<br />

Q<br />

quad-helix antenna<br />

advantages and disadvantages of, 62<br />

building, 79–85<br />

placement of, 63–64<br />

Index ■ P–R<br />

R<br />

Radiall website, 72<br />

RAM mount, 108–113<br />

receiver. See GPS (Global Positioning System);<br />

user segment<br />

receiver error, 312<br />

receiver-only GPS device, 147<br />

rechargeable batteries<br />

Lithium-Ion, 41<br />

NiMH (nickel-metal hydride), 43–46<br />

RECSIM III software, 211–212<br />

reflective tape, 281<br />

repeater, 79<br />

reradiating antenna<br />

for atomic clock system, 244–246<br />

cables for, 74<br />

communal reradiating antenna, 74<br />

definition of, 72<br />

for geocaching, 279<br />

personal reradiating antenna, 73–74<br />

placement of, on car, 75–76<br />

power requirements for, 74<br />

range of, 74<br />

types of, 73<br />

reset<br />

full reset<br />

actions required after, 11<br />

Garmin iQue, 5<br />

hard reset<br />

actions required after, 11<br />

definition of, 4<br />

Garmin products, 4–5<br />

soft reset<br />

actions required after, 11<br />

definition of, 5<br />

Garmin products, 5<br />

warm reset, Garmin iQue, 5<br />

331

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