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SKYCOP

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  1. 39.9 161'N 105.5 161' W doesn't make any sense.

    How can you have 161 minutes?

    And why would minutes even be listed after decimal degrees?

     

    Can you supply more information about the source of those coords.

     

    This is from a place called Fritz Peak Observatory in near Rollinsville Colorado.

    The listed coords were as stated above....I also thought it seemed odd, thats why I asked for info here.

  2. Does anyone have a suggestion where I can buy City Select North America?

    I have tried Best Buy, GPSCity, Scheels. I was told that it was replaced by Navigator which I was already told on this forum but you'd think CS would be somewhere!

    Thanks

    Bob

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    OK..I'll beg

    PLLLLLEEEEAAASSSSE help me out. :lol:

     

    There's a bit of a line ahead of you :o

     

    Plus, and I'm only speaking for myself here, it takes quite awhile to do some of these, and work and other things can often get in the way. (darn work! sucks up all my fun time)

     

    Thanks GeoGilly

    I was just waiting for a reply, not trying to be a pain in the rear. :o

    Thanks for replying.

    Bob

  4. I'm an Extra class ham and also the Juvenile Officer for the Police Dept where I live here in MN.

    I am going to try to get a ham shack set up in the middle school this year and try and get kids, especially at risk kids, interested in ham radio. For those of you that have kids or work with kids, you know they want it NOW, whatever the IT is. Even though I love ham radio and think CW has a niche, the future of ham radio is not CW. With chat rooms, text messaging, email, and internet, we have to evolve with the times. The "I had to do it so that means you do too" attitude will slowly squeeze ham radio out of existence.

    Just my 2 cents :D

    Bob

  5. I downloaded GSAK and it works on the Etrex Legend but not my GPS 60c. It will upload from th 60c but not download...Help...what am I doing wrong? I checked the usb box, reinstalled...going to the Black Hills in the morning and would like get this figured out. Thanks

  6. Hi all

    When I download waypoints to the Legend, and then check the waypoints on the gps, they show as "GA4300" or something like that. Is there a way to have the actual name of the cache downloaded instead.

    Thanks

  7. I have been geocaching for 5 years and have had hundreds of ticks and it's been no big deal. I chaperoned 25 8th grade kids from MN to Washington DC and the surrounding area about 2 weeks ago and voila, i came down with Lymes Disease.

    Best part of the story is it was diagnosed right away and I'm on antibiotics and that should take care of it. Moral of the story is........BE CAREFUL!

  8. I second that. I'm not too sure I would appreciate a letter from my kid's school saying that whatever stuff he forgot at school is now hidden in a box in the forest for me to find.

     

    At least you have to be very careful with how you word your letter. You could potentially anger quite a few people.

    I think I need to clarify this. These are items that have been in the lost and found box for most if not all the school year. We're not talking about the Hope Diamond or gold bars here. If anything of value is found by the custodians, teachers, or whoever, all attempts are made to find the owner. I thought an article on geocaching would be appropiate as another fun family summer activity and have this cache listed as one to find. :unsure:

  9. Interesting idea. I'm assuming you mean the smaller items that get left. At my schools, we usually save the lost-n-found clothing for donation to our local charities. Jackets, especially get left, and these are often the most appreciated for donation.

     

    I would be very careful as to what goes in the cache - making sure that items that a parent might really want to claim are kept at least for a little longer.

    Yes, the clothes get donated. As far as the other items, parents are asked to check the lost and found each time an information letter is sent home which is usually weekly. The school's policy is....last day of school the items are tossed.

    Thanks for asking. :unsure:

  10. I'm a Juvenile Officer and spend a ton of time at our local schools during the year and now that we are at the end of this year...heres' my cache idea.

    A "Lost and Found" cache. Every school has a box of items that range from rings, sunglasses, toys, ect.

    Whatever isn't claimed on the last day of school is going in an ammo box. I'll pick out the junk stuff. In the last newsletter to go out to the parents I would like to explain geocaching and then give the coordinates. :unsure:

  11. I joined because I wanted to give a little something back to help the website. This hobby has brought me closer to my kids than anything I have ever done. It's not just being outdoors and finding some trinkets, but the talks we've had along the way. Our rule is no radio either on the way to the cache or back home. I have had some the best times and I am so grateful for the hobby. 3 bucks a month! Come on, you can give up soda for 1 day a month and save that much. I have no problem with people not being premium members but I too would like to see more member only caches.

    Have a great holiday weekend everyone and stay safe.

    Bob in Minnesota. :unsure:

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