Cobra VHF and Garmin Striker 4

Coastie · 11 February 2021, 08:11

Okay one for the electric wizards- help please.

I have a Garmin Striker 4 which has a Blue Tx+ transmit and a Brown Rx+ Receive.

I’ve purchased a Cobra MBF57 fixed VHF that needs GPS input to get coordinates for DSC. The Cobra has a Yellow + data in and a Green - data in.

So, what colour goes to which to get the VHF to have GPS coordinates and therefore be able to use the DSC feature. If you can keep it not too technical then maybe I’ll be able to get it working first go without frying everything

Thanks in anticipation for any help and advice.

Pikey Dave · 11 February 2021, 10:22

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Originally Posted by Coastie

Okay one for the electric wizards- help please.

I have a Garmin Striker 4 which has a Blue Tx+ transmit and a Brown Rx+ Receive.

I’ve purchased a Cobra MBF57 fixed VHF that needs GPS input to get coordinates for DSC. The Cobra has a Yellow + data in and a Green - data in.

So, what colour goes to which to get the VHF to have GPS coordinates and therefore be able to use the DSC feature. If you can keep it not too technical then maybe I’ll be able to get it working first go without frying everything

Thanks in anticipation for any help and advice.

Blue to yellow

Coastie · 11 February 2021, 10:35

Going to answer my own question, a user on another forum has pointed out the Garmin doesn’t talk NMEA so I’ve upgraded to a F77 that has internal GPS built in. Sorted.

Pikey Dave · 11 February 2021, 10:41

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Originally Posted by Coastie

Going to answer my own question, a user on another forum has pointed out the Garmin doesn’t talk NMEA so I’ve upgraded to a F77 that has internal GPS built in. Sorted.

Eh! If it doesn’t talk NMEA why does it have a data in/out cable?[emoji848]

Coastie · 11 February 2021, 10:45

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Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Blue to yellow

Cheers @Pikey Dave, That’s what I’d assumed but I then found out that the Garmin Striker doesn’t support NMEA. Seemed easiest option to just upgrade and avoid the faff.

Coastie · 11 February 2021, 13:46

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Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Eh! If it doesn’t talk NMEA why does it have a data in/out cable?[emoji848]

This in the specs:

The Blue and Brown wires are for Garmin proprietary user data sharing only. They will not support NMEA 0183.

They are just for inter Garmin sharing.

Pikey Dave · 11 February 2021, 15:17

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Originally Posted by Coastie

This in the specs:

The Blue and Brown wires are for Garmin proprietary user data sharing only. They will not support NMEA 0183.

They are just for inter Garmin sharing.

[emoji106]New one on me that[emoji848]