GPS
07-04-2007, 05:38 AM
#11
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,605
RE: GPS
Many don't bother to get one but there should be a form in the paperwork that comes with the radio to send in to the FCC. I believe it is just a formality and everyone who applies will get the license. I have a friend who has that combo unit and IMO the radio isn't as good as the stand alone units. The good thing about them is that if 2 buddies have the same unit it shows each where the other one is. A GPS with topo maps loadedis really nice and makes it just that much more of a tool.
07-04-2007, 09:31 AM
#12
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
Posts: 12,564
RE: GPS
I do not have one yet but ifI was to get one right now, anyone at all, I would be picking up a DeLorme Earthmate with out a doubt... They are used by police depts. and has some of the best topos you can get. Plus you can zoom down satalite images when you want to.. and easy to use..
07-05-2007, 05:58 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 1,653
RE: GPS
I started with a Garmin 40 some 20 years ago when they only got you to within couple of hundred feet due to selective availabilty of the signal released by the Gov. I now use Legends and $100 ETrexs. I would not go into the woods without one.
I can go into the woods when it's pitch black just using a small flashlight pointed at my feet and I can sit in my stand until it's darker than my wifes heart. Always the last guy out cause the GPS knows the way even if you might not be sure.
Only time I had any trouble was deep back in the woods and the arrow on the ETrex was all over.. After a bit of time and a deep breath I realized my new Glommitts had a Magnet that held the mitten part back away from my
fingers. That is not good!!
I have been Geocaching for years. I much prefer to plant them. I put them in places that have the average folkscursing thru mud and swamps and brambles ect...I can make them miserable as all get out. LOL. I do warn them on the website though.
I can go into the woods when it's pitch black just using a small flashlight pointed at my feet and I can sit in my stand until it's darker than my wifes heart. Always the last guy out cause the GPS knows the way even if you might not be sure.
Only time I had any trouble was deep back in the woods and the arrow on the ETrex was all over.. After a bit of time and a deep breath I realized my new Glommitts had a Magnet that held the mitten part back away from my
fingers. That is not good!!
I have been Geocaching for years. I much prefer to plant them. I put them in places that have the average folkscursing thru mud and swamps and brambles ect...I can make them miserable as all get out. LOL. I do warn them on the website though.
07-07-2007, 06:16 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 1,653
RE: GPS
Geocaching.com........If not just Google geocaching. Great off season game. Sure teaches you how to use you GPS..That should be all you need Hillbilly..
There are probably 1000's of caches in WV with plenty right in your backyard..
There are probably 1000's of caches in WV with plenty right in your backyard.. 
07-07-2007, 10:51 AM
#18
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: pa
Posts: 182
07-07-2007, 06:03 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: S.W. Pa.-- Heart in North Central Pa. mountains-
Posts: 2,600
RE: GPS
I had a Garmin tears ago when they first came out. I quickly got tired of it's inability to lock up when I needed it, and it's complicated protocols. I am, however, interested in the new generation GPS. When you talk about topo map readings, I want to know if this is a map the GPS gives you for a very general location, or can you program in the USGS quadrangle maps that give you VERY precise locations, not a general area in a very general map. Anyone know the answer??