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  1. [:)][:(] Our very first day of geocaching was both fun and disasterous at the same time. My husband and I took our three kids and two dogs and had SO MUCH FUN! We are new to this activity and to the area. We have been in Kansas for only seven months and would have LOVED to read about the hazards of geocaching...like spending the next two days decontaminating our house from TICKS!!! Some of the people I work with said it is supposed to be a bad year for ticks because of the mild winter, but I really want to continue geocaching...any suggestions????

     

    Hi Triumph61. It was my cache you logged today. I just sent you a private message with a link to Permethrin. It is highly recommended if you wish to cache in Kansas or Missouri woods during spring, summer, and early fall. It is indeed expected to be extra bad this year for ticks and possibly mosquitoes as well. We basically skipped winter in the midwest. There were tick sightings all through December, January and February.

  2. Selling my Delorme PN-40SE. It's been mostly collecting dust since I got my PN-60 last year so maybe someone else can get some good use out of it. As can be seen in the photos, It has some wear but still runs fine. Has always had a Zagg screen protector on it. Currently has firmware 2.6. Had 2.8 on it at one time but I rolled it back only because I'm selling it with Topo USA 8.0 which is not 100% compatible with 2.8. I'll leave it up to the new owner to update the firmware if they wish. Personally, losing the full Topo 8 compatibility is not a big deal compared to the extra features 2.8 provides. Everything in the photo is included: PN-40, 2 lanyards, 4 pack of fresh energizer ultimates, manual, brand new data exchange cable, Topo USA 8.0 plus 4 region disks and a 4GB SD card is installed. Price is $140 shipped. I prefer payment via Paypal.

     

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  3. Your second and third desired features are incompatible. It's not a shot at Garmin but just the nature of the beast. While touch screens are user friendly, they detract from good sunlight readability. The factors causing the "less than optimal" visibility can be partially mitigated in the design but at substantial added production cost.

  4. Portland Cyclist's reply is right on the money. I love my PN-60 but can't recommend it to someone with a mac unwilling to install windows. The hardware will work fine but the topo software is not supported which takes a lot away from the value. While Delorme now offers some aerial imagery outside North America, Garmin maps are still the better way to go in that regard. I would recommend looking for a deal on a Garmin 450 as I don't think you'd be happy with the "sort of" paperless workarounds for the 60csx.

  5. As we Delorme owners always say: if you have extra money you need to get rid of, get the Garmin.

     

    The PN-60 is the top-of-the-line Delorme, and the Dakota is an en try-level Garmin, but they cost about the same on Amazon.

     

    shrug.

    Oddly enough it was the relative price of the Delorme that turned me away. Afraid there may be something wrong with the units if they are that price compared to the competition.

    I hope you're not giving economic advise to the current administration. :rolleyes:

  6. Uploading the Field Notes doesn't automatically post them as logs. You still can go in individually and type up and post each log. I didn't use Field Notes at first because I thought it would work that way too.

     

    If you connect your PN-40 to a PC, go into the menu (on the PN-40) from the Geocaches list and choose Upload Field Notes. This should make the PN-40 available as a drive you can get to from your PC. From there you can delete the FieldNotes.txt file.

     

    I used to use Cache Register, but I stopped using it once I moved to the previous firmware version (2.7) that would allow me to directly copy GPX files to the PN-40. So I manually upload Field Notes and delete the file when I'm done. Sometimes I will rename the FieldNotes.txt file to something else if I typed in any notes that I want to save.

     

     

    Ok I tried this and deleted the file that it created and bingo no more field notes on the GPS. Wow that was easy, Thanks

    If you're already using and comfortable with GSAK, I would stick with that rather than bother with Cache Register. I've used GSAK, Cache Register, and Topo 9 sync to load caches and upload field notes. Of the three, I much prefer GSAK. I upload my field notes and then erase the .txt file the same way as deercreekth. As has been pointed out, uploading them to geocaching.com does not automatically log them, you still have to go into each one, edit the log and submit it.

  7. From geocaching.com I click on Send to GPS and send directly to GPS. From what I can gather it is a geocaching.com issue as I just tried loading 60 caches up on my PN-30 then when I went back into the file I only had 11. It appears that the characters . , ' - and ? are OK. I am guessing it does not like # ! @ characters.

     

    What method are you using to load caches to the device. I know there have been some issues if using the Topo 9 sync function. I use GSAK and haven't experienced any problems.

    If you would like to PM me a list of the 60 caches, I can check it out with my 60 and 40 using different load methods and see if I have the same issues.

  8. Yes, of course the PN-40 can provide turn-by-turn street navigation, although it's not considered a strength. Press the "find" (magnifying glass)button and the search menu will come up. The next steps depend on the firmware you're running but navigating through the find menu, you should be able to see how to enter the state, city, and street you're looking for.

  9. I assume Gitchee Gummee meant "Cache Register" rather than Cachemate, however neither program is absolutely needed with the PN-60. When you get the email with the zipped file, unzip it and you'll have 2 files. One is the main cache file and one is the child waypoints for the cache file. If you don't care about the child waypoints, just plug the PN into the PC and go to settings>connect to computer> use SD. A new drive appears on your PC. Drag and drop the cache file into the waypoints folder.

     

    If you want both the cache file and child waypoints together on the PN, you'll have to use Topo 9 that came in the box or download cache register for free from Delorme and use that. Of course GSAK is another option.

  10. Is anyone having problems downloading geocache locations from geocache.com to Delorme PN-60. I use send to GPS and I have loaded the plug-in. They download but don't stay on my PN-6o. Downloaded using Fiefox 3.6.16. Also tryed IE same problem.

     

    Tracy

    Can you provide more detail as to what "don't stay on my PN-60 means?

  11. Try using Chrome. I have a Garmin So I can only use Safari or Firefox. Unless I use basecamp then I use Chrome. Delrome seems to be the default for Chrome

    unfortunately, that is for a Garmin... I have a Delorme. Thanks anyway.

    I know you have a Delorme Thats why I said to try chrome it only works with Delorme and Magellan :)

    The Delorme plugin does not work with Chrome, only IE, Firefox, Safari.

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