Large Snip

How cheap is cheap? Here's a 20 channel, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver
Froogle at Google lists for $36 that plugs right into the USB port and
folds for storage. Is that cheap enough? It uses the same chipset as
the $150 Garmins and the spec says it will track at -159dbm which is
below the noise level, so I believe impossible....

http://store.luluusa.com/nausbgpsrewi.html
I know someone who is using one of these stuck to the top of his SUV for
Streetmaps. 12 channels, WAAS accurate, same chipset as the rest, nicely
made, simple with a cable for $50, marked down from $199 since the
Chinese took over the market, which is depressed at the moment, flooded
with GPS. I see its only good up to 1000 knots, which might be a problem
for racers...(c;

Get the USB if you're using a laptop and quit screwing around with
handheld nonsense with tiny screens hard to see. You don't need to buy
another computer.

Larry

Didn't see the 20 channel you reference but did find several 12 channel in
the same price range.
Looking at one, the tech info stated that this is a "receiver only" not a
gps.
I take that to mean that it receives gps information such as time and
location but doesn't do any of the navigational computation requiring memory
storage. By that I'm referring to waypoint storage, way made good, cross
track error, etc.
Is this a reasonable assumption or is there a different meaning to "receiver
only"?

BF