Need a GOOD GPS....now
10-24-2006, 06:00 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Lee , New Hampshire
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Need a GOOD GPS....now
I was moose hunting today (New Hampshire) and in the thick stuff searching around the boogs and my GPS just will not hold a signal!
I am on my 3rd GPS unit and today I finally said this one has got to go. I hunt thick stuff most of the time and I need a GPS that can get a signal. I can not even place mine in my upper pocket and it will lose it's signal.It would be nice to leave it on and show me the exact track of where I have been then come home and put it on the Topo in the computer, but NO!!!
I have had a Magellan (older model) then a newer Magellan .Now I have a Garmin 72 >>>real easy to use but just cant keep a signal. Anyone use theirs in thick stuff and will hold a signal? Who has the best antenna??
Thanks
I am on my 3rd GPS unit and today I finally said this one has got to go. I hunt thick stuff most of the time and I need a GPS that can get a signal. I can not even place mine in my upper pocket and it will lose it's signal.It would be nice to leave it on and show me the exact track of where I have been then come home and put it on the Topo in the computer, but NO!!!
I have had a Magellan (older model) then a newer Magellan .Now I have a Garmin 72 >>>real easy to use but just cant keep a signal. Anyone use theirs in thick stuff and will hold a signal? Who has the best antenna??
Thanks
10-24-2006, 11:55 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Posts: 1,572
RE: Need a GOOD GPS....now
get this one or the 520:
http://www.gpsnow.com/gmr530.htm
Same as the military uses. Probably the best one out there
http://www.gpsnow.com/gmr530.htm
Same as the military uses. Probably the best one out there
10-25-2006, 09:06 PM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: a van down by the river
Posts: 8,939
RE: Need a GOOD GPS....now
In real thick stuff or in your pocket, all of them have a hard time keeping the signals going. Evenconnected toa separate antenna, they still have trouble if you have a lot of overhead trees and brush. It is not really the antenna that is the problem, it is the trees deflecting and blocking the signal from the satellites before it gets to the antenna. A bigger antenna won't fix that.
I've had the same problem with units that cost $40,000 as the hand-helds.
I've had the same problem with units that cost $40,000 as the hand-helds.
10-26-2006, 03:30 PM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Anchorage,Alaska
Posts: 512
RE: Need a GOOD GPS....now
How are you carrying your GPS? I had trouble with signal going in and out with my GPS clipped to my belt.
I now take and have a holster with a metal belt clip. I loop it through my baseball hat in the back.
It's not a fix all, but does hold signal better and have both my hands free.
I now take and have a holster with a metal belt clip. I loop it through my baseball hat in the back.
It's not a fix all, but does hold signal better and have both my hands free.
10-26-2006, 03:45 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: \"Good Ontario\"
Posts: 1,754
RE: Need a GOOD GPS....now
ORIGINAL: North Texan
In real thick stuff or in your pocket, all of them have a hard time keeping the signals going. Evenconnected toa separate antenna, they still have trouble if you have a lot of overhead trees and brush. It is not really the antenna that is the problem, it is the trees deflecting and blocking the signal from the satellites before it gets to the antenna. A bigger antenna won't fix that.
I've had the same problem with units that cost $40,000 as the hand-helds.
In real thick stuff or in your pocket, all of them have a hard time keeping the signals going. Evenconnected toa separate antenna, they still have trouble if you have a lot of overhead trees and brush. It is not really the antenna that is the problem, it is the trees deflecting and blocking the signal from the satellites before it gets to the antenna. A bigger antenna won't fix that.
I've had the same problem with units that cost $40,000 as the hand-helds.
10-26-2006, 04:12 PM
#6
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Lee , New Hampshire
Posts: 312
RE: Need a GOOD GPS....now
Problem with the 520 or 530 is that they are also a walkie talkie. Illegal in NH when your hunting Moose and may become illegal hunting period. They (fish & game) don't want anyone possibly using an electronic device to set up drives. This means no cell phones in the field (for moose).
Most antennas I have been seeing are all the same Quad Helix receiving antenna.
I guess I have to wait until they start making better antennas
Thanks for the help
Most antennas I have been seeing are all the same Quad Helix receiving antenna.
I guess I have to wait until they start making better antennas
Thanks for the help
10-27-2006, 08:57 AM
#8
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,605
RE: Need a GOOD GPS....now
Sounds like you are trying to keep it running while you are walking and hunting. I only use mine when I am looking to lock in a waypoint or see where I am in relation to a point. I usually don't have any trouble getting it to sync in and I often hunt Vt, NH, Maine and NY. I have a Garmin Vista with topo maps loaded.
10-27-2006, 10:32 AM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rural Kansas... Where Life is Good
Posts: 4,139
RE: Need a GOOD GPS....now
If you want a unit which will acquire the best in the think stuff, use an "x" model, like the 76Cx, 76CSx, 60Cx, 60CSx. These units have an SIRF chipset which is a higher sensitivity reciever that will penetrate heavy foliage better. Both also have quad helix antennas which will be more acceptable to the way it is held. Plus the rest of the features in the unit makes it the best for outdoor use as well.
10-29-2006, 09:19 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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RE: Need a GOOD GPS....now
ORIGINAL: kshunter
If you want a unit which will acquire the best in the think stuff, use an "x" model, like the 76Cx, 76CSx, 60Cx, 60CSx. These units have an SIRF chipset which is a higher sensitivity reciever that will penetrate heavy foliage better. Both also have quad helix antennas which will be more acceptable to the way it is held. Plus the rest of the features in the unit makes it the best for outdoor use as well.
If you want a unit which will acquire the best in the think stuff, use an "x" model, like the 76Cx, 76CSx, 60Cx, 60CSx. These units have an SIRF chipset which is a higher sensitivity reciever that will penetrate heavy foliage better. Both also have quad helix antennas which will be more acceptable to the way it is held. Plus the rest of the features in the unit makes it the best for outdoor use as well.
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