Data head advice and info

[Welly]

I thought you were self employed, working for them on a regular basis?

If so how can they make you have this system when you take the financial burden of car maintenance, insurance, variable income etc. or is it a case of "you snooze you looze" either way it's a shitty deal for sure.

I wonder if it will have to put an end to them dishing out all the cream jobs to the harris-lickers if they can tell that you are nearer to the fare at the time? could turn out to be a good thing?

[Nicodemus]

I wouldn't worry about anyone monitoring your whereabouts using gps response when you've bopped the break button, it can be done in other ways:-

http://www.mobilelocators.com/

Don't muck about with tin foil. You will anyway find yourself having to log back in whenever the signal is lost for a fixed period of time - like when parked up in a bad radio/sat nav area, tall buildings and whatnot. And that's where the arguments about being fined will start.

Whilst we don't use a computerised system, those drivers that work for companies that do complain bitterly about their office bills. Never about having to log off for a break and back on again.

[Nicodemus]

The metalised windscreen attenuates gps signals big lots. When using pocket pc for nav I stick gps antenna on roof, when using tom tom I put unit up by drivers mirror where clear patch in metalising is.

IIRC data is shunted back and forth using your vhf. It ain't a fast data rate and is prone to lots of re-transmission to make up for lost packets, very sensative to dodgy aeriel leads/plugs/badly mounted aerials. If you only have a quarter wave vhf aerial you might try getting a full wave whip it doesn't help much with signal strength from car to base but does make a considerable difference in reception of base signal in terms of noise and range. Also put aerial in middle of roof if you can (I'll bet yours is fixed somewhere else just to be awkward ), that also makes a big difference to signal quality and interference rejection .

http://www.everything4taxis.co.uk/two.htm has a diagram about half way down the page.

ttfn

[Welly]

Here's a bit of advice......

Stay single.

Fin.

[Welly]

Woman goes out to pull = sure success.

Man goes out to pull = failure.

Discuss........

[teamster1975]

Woman goes out to pull = sure success.

Man goes out to pull = failure.

Discuss........

I'll just add to that ...
As soon as you get married they all suddenly become interested!