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Originally Posted by DotDun  This tickled my memory....I'm not sure your problem is a NMEA version issue, more likely a NMEA statement problem. If I remember, the 802 will only accept position in the GGL statement. ICOM has good tech support so you can verify with them. Make sure your GPS is putting out the GGL statement.
Also make sure you have the polarity correct on the connection.
Good Luck! | Yes this is correct. Icom finally got back to me and the 802 requires GGL while the 402 does not. My old GPS does not output GGL. My solution was a cheap(ish) new self contained GPS engine that only has a NMEA output 
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