Comments on: Back in Kyoto, 2009 Edition http://regex.info/blog/2009-09-01/1305 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 12:55:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: JasonP http://regex.info/blog/2009-09-01/1305#comment-36547 JasonP Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:41:40 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-09-01/1305#comment-36547 Ah, another "hobby" of mine, photos out of plane windows. Any reception issues with your GPS working inside an airliner? I notice in your linked post that it has flight modes but that's generally meant for small Cessna-sized aircraft. I've used my TomTom sat-nav with relatively poor results (terrible reception farther than 6 inches away from the window, battery life is only about 2 hours max) and I've used my AMOD380 GPS Tracker with better results by keeping it inside my pillow (aka, rolled up coat) up against the wall. Unfortunately it lost power just as we were about to circle London after 7.5 hours from Chicago... which is about when I started snapping photos :( <span class='jfriedl'>The GPS unit I use (<a href='http://regex.info/blog/2007-08-09/539' class='quiet' rel="nofollow">Garmin Legend HDx</a>) has a high-sensitivity antenna, so it gets a great signal at the window. Once it has a signal, I can leave it on the armrest below the window, or in the seat-front pocket near the window, and it generally keeps working. It'll go 20+ hours on two AA batteries, so I don't worry too much about it, though I do doublecheck the battery level and satellite signal when we approach something interesting. —Jeffrey</span> Ah, another “hobby” of mine, photos out of plane windows. Any reception issues with your GPS working inside an airliner? I notice in your linked post that it has flight modes but that’s generally meant for small Cessna-sized aircraft.

I’ve used my TomTom sat-nav with relatively poor results (terrible reception farther than 6 inches away from the window, battery life is only about 2 hours max) and I’ve used my AMOD380 GPS Tracker with better results by keeping it inside my pillow (aka, rolled up coat) up against the wall. Unfortunately it lost power just as we were about to circle London after 7.5 hours from Chicago… which is about when I started snapping photos :(

The GPS unit I use (Garmin Legend HDx) has a high-sensitivity antenna, so it gets a great signal at the window. Once it has a signal, I can leave it on the armrest below the window, or in the seat-front pocket near the window, and it generally keeps working. It’ll go 20+ hours on two AA batteries, so I don’t worry too much about it, though I do doublecheck the battery level and satellite signal when we approach something interesting. —Jeffrey

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