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Post by Bucktales on Dec 13, 2003 22:00:44 GMT -5
Who has one, what do you have, what do you like/dislike about it?
I am in the market to buy a GPS, but to be honest, I dont know squat about them. I know what they look like, but thats about it. How do you know what one is "the" one your looking for? I dont need anything super fancy, and dont want to spend $500 on one.
I have wore out the pages in Cabela's trying to read what they all do, and its a bit confusing to me.
I can understand wanting waterproof, but what about all that elevation crap, PC compatable business, and all the other stuff? Help me out if you can, Im lost, and in need of a GPS.
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Post by Bucktales on Dec 15, 2003 8:26:53 GMT -5
NObody owns one, or knows anything about them?  |
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Post by flhuntress on Dec 15, 2003 9:44:01 GMT -5
check in general....think there was a topic about them in there.
hope you find one but personally i'll stick with my compass.
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Post by SteveMD on Dec 15, 2003 13:07:45 GMT -5
BTs, I used them in the military and they are great. I fought in Desert Storm and where there is little or no land features they are a life saver, better than a compass. Now I still carry a compass in case the battery dies. The ones with altimeters are not necessary, but if you intend to use it for hunting, scouting, hiking, etc., I would get one with the pc compatibility, to hook to pc, download and print maps and results from scouting.
Just as info for all who would like to use one, you can proram them to operate on either L/L: longitude/latitude with degrees, minute and seconds, or, UTM: Universal Transverse Mercatur, which is a fancy way to say the entire world divided up into grids from 2 main lines on earth,1 north-south and 1 east-west. The military ground forces mainly use UTM, which they call military grid reference system, which once learned is way easier than L/L.
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Post by deerslayer11 on Dec 15, 2003 13:18:45 GMT -5
I have a GPS MAP 76 I like it, but it will loose satalites if you are under a heavy canopy.
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Post by miruss on Dec 15, 2003 14:21:53 GMT -5
hey kip i have a garmins gps 12 only paid about 150 bucks for it it has 500 waypoints witch is more then you'll ever need there real easy to use when you get to where your going hunting get out of truck push the mark button this will store where your at then just write truck next to that spot walk where ever you want if you find good spot push mark again this will store again when you want to go to a spot just push goto button it will bring up list of all spots marked pick the one you want to go to hit enter will point arrow in direction to go and how far it is from where your at
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Post by Bucktales on Dec 15, 2003 18:52:10 GMT -5
OK, so I want to get one that is PC compatible. Is the mapping one the way to go?
Does anyone else have problems with losing satelitte reception?
Thanks, this is the kind of info I need.
Keep that info coming.
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Post by Shorthair on Dec 15, 2003 20:57:53 GMT -5
Sorry I can't help bro. I an old school redneck that finds his way through the woods and swamps by the sun and moon and by identifying trees and branches(branches are small creeks or brooks for Northern bretheren) as landmarks.
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Post by hunt4fun1 on Dec 16, 2003 9:38:40 GMT -5
Hey BuckT, I've been looking at the Garmin Geko 201 or the 301. What ever you get, make sure it has WAAS capability. That technology was just released by the military to be used in the private sector GPS units. The 201 and the 301 have these features:Accuracy: 10 feet or less with WAAS Easy operation: five buttons for one-hand use Weight: only 3.1oz with batteries Compact size: 3.9" x 1.9" x .96" High-contrast display: 64 x 100 pixels Battery life: 12 hours on 2 AAA batteries Waypoint/Route storage: 500/20 x 125 Automatic track storage: 10,000 trackpoints and 10 saved tracks External ports: PC connectivity and external power Waterproof: submersible for 30 minutes in one meter of water (IEC 529 IPX7 standards) Entertainment: four interactive, outdoor games Heh....even has games on it.  Check em out at: www.garmin.com/products/geko201/Anyway, bro, those are the 2 GPS units I have been looking at for some time now. I am waiting for Walmart to get them in even as we speak. Should be after the 1st of the year. |
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Post by Davidmil on Dec 16, 2003 10:49:43 GMT -5
I'll tell ya'.... if we had had those things in Vietnam I think a lot of friendly fire incidents would have been avoided. Seems like some grunt was always calling in an artillery round on his own position. I just don't really have a need or use for one. My buddy loves his but he uses it to pinpoint fishing hotspots etc.... especially ice fishing or fishing in Lake Ontario. Can't tell you a thing about them.
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