[Healeys] Nav systems, reprise

[Richard Collins]

:-)
MY 15+ year old Garmin 45 gets me all over the world's oceans where the
biggest mountains are wet, usually under 100 ft and don't stay in one place
very long.

------Original Message------
From: Greg Wilkinson
To: pryner at verizon.net
To: gonnagitcha90 at hotmail.com
To: tomfelts at windstream.net
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Healeys] Nav systems, reprise
Sent: Aug 27, 2009 19:48

If I pull my GPS from the car cradle, it automatically marks where my car
 is. I'm planning ahead for my Alzheimer's.
 Most (actually all that I've seen) of the "plug in" models I see these days
 have a battery life between 4 and 8 hours.

 -----Original Message-----
 Ouch,
 I guess your GPS didn't have routing on it so you can reverse route.  I've
 found them extremely helpful as long as you plug in your starting (or where
 you wan to end) point.  New ones are much more able to maintain a signal in
 spite of limited visibility of the satellites and all I have used have a
 backlight.  I don't travel in the woods in the dark without a flashlight
 anyway.
 Pete
 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Richard Collins" <gonnagitcha90 at hotmail.com>
 To: <tomfelts at windstream.net>; <gregwilkinson at roadrunner.com>; "Webmeister"
 <healeys at autox.team.net>
 Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:52 PM
 Subject: Re: [Healeys] Nav systems, reprise


 > Hiking in the woods with a GPS is useful if
 >
 > A. You plug in your starting point
 >
 > B. walk in a straight line from your starting point
 >
 > C. Return in the same straight line to your starting point
 >
 > D. Don't walk in the shadow of a mountain and lose antenna signal
 >
 > E. Do it in daylight or have a flashlight at night.
 >
 >
 >
 > How do I know this...let me count the ways....
 >
 >
 > Richard of KY
 >
 > 60 BN7 w/o GPS but with working ciggie lighter    :^)
 >
 >




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