I Need Help--Powering/connecting GPS antenna

Cantaloupe · 08-09-07, 06:31 AM

Hello,

I desperately need some help.

I'm doing work for a company which has provided me with an iPAQ 19xx, an Arkon Powered Mount, and a GPS antenna. It all works well in the car. However, I personally know the area and some of it is better covered on foot or by bike.

How can I power the antenna and connect it to the iPAQ (which is operating on is battery)?

OR
How can I power the mount (using it to connect the iPAQ with the antenna and power the antenna) without constantly using the power to recharge the the iPAQ?

I have searched online, posted Yahoo questions (with no replies), asked at a GPS store (where I was told that the satellite needs to find the car). An electronics store suggested that I carry around a large, heavy and impratical 12v 7amp battery.

There has to be a better way. Making the device car independent is coming out of my pocket so getting a totally new device is not an option.

I'd appreciate any suggestions or confirmation that the heavy 12v battery is the only way.