Garmin 18x PC GPS Navigator Unit

Bought this for my Yaesu 991A for GPS. Too easy to setup and install. No issues, just make sure your baud rate is set to the correct one for Garmin GPS which is 4800. Once that is set you are good to go. 73

Great interface. Connected immediately with my incident home patrol scanner. Just had to get a gender changer.

I bought this unit over the Uniden brand simply due to name so I can only say how well this one works, which is very well. We went driving for about 5-6 hours yesterday crossing several counties in Texas and it never skipped a beat. I just tossed it on the dash, ran the wires as cleanly as I could, plugged it it and it synced nearly instantly, without any issues, and never lost signal. I took off a star becaure it so darn bulky. One would think in this modern world there could be a better design, minimalizing the product so it's not such an eyesore.

Chegou perfeito

Bought this for our truck's APRS ham radio. Selected this model for ease of connection, wired a db9 plug to a 1/8" stereo plug and connected the GPS 18PC to the Kenwood TM-D710a radio.Turned on GPS fx in radio and bingo! GPS icon started flashing in corner of radio's faceplate and we're sending packets with our location data.We decided to try it on the dash instead of rooftop for two reasons. The cable was just a little short to extend out to the roof and provide me the inside routing I wanted. And, our Garmin Nuvi has always worked from the dash without any problems. Sure enough, the GPS 18 PC has worked perfectly for two weeks sending location info to our ham radio.We dissected the cigarette lighter plug and removed the spring and button, replaced them with a pair of wires to an Andersen power-pole connector. This maintains the 5.7 volts to the gps 18, and allows us to plug into the switched accessory supply we added to the truck.This Garmin gps looks nice, does everything it's supposed to. No surprises, no problems, works perfectly for the job.[...]

Bought because it was recommended for Yaesu FT991A GPS. Did not work.However it will probably work well in the Garmin world.

I bought this unit for use with my Kenwood TM-D710A dual-band radio for use with the APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) mode.The unit I purchased was the one that already has a cigarette plug adapter and DB9 serial connector factory installed.Since this is an OEM unit I didn't expect much in the box, and as expected the only thing in the box was the hardware. The Manual was easily found on the Garmin web site and had clear instructions on how to integrate the unit with your application. Programming software was also easily located and was easy to use.No programming of the GPS receiver was necessary as the default settings were perfect for my application. I did a health check of the unit using the downloaded software and everything checked out.Building a cable to connect the GPS receiver to my radio was easy. And when I plugged the GPS receiver into the radio, the radio recognized the unit and displayed the GPS data. Integration of the GPS receiver with the radio was completly painless.

Seemed to be cheaply made and also didn't stay securely in place when I placed it on top of the cab of my pickup truck.The magnetic base seemed to be too weak.Since it wouldn't stay in place I never used it.