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    My 60 Cx went crazy

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted · Edited by moonpup

    Well whatever was disrupting the GPS this morning is gone as of this evening. I powered it on as I left work, it quickly acquired the satellites and I had accuracy of 7 - 11 ft the whole ride home with it being dead on accurate as it used to be.

     

    Just must have been some strange interference this morning...

    Meridian Gold ... dead?

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    Posted · Edited by moonpup

    Does the unit have a reset procedure? I know what they are for Garmins, but can't help with the Magellan. Google for a reset procedure on that unit, and give that a try.

     

    UPDATE - try this...

     

    (press & hold Nav and Pwr simultaneously).

    My 60 Cx went crazy

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    Posted · Edited by moonpup

    LOL, I had the same exact thing happen to me today. I have the 60CSx and it's always been perfect. This morning I turned the unit on, let it acquire and off I went. As soon as I switched to the map page, I noticed I wasn't even close to the road I was driving on. In fact it showed me going the opposite way.

     

    I tried turning it off and letting it re-acquire but it failed each time. It was inaccurate the whole ride to work! I'm in Massachusetts and will have to see if it is still wacky on the ride home tonight. Either way, something funky is going on :D

    I'm so Frustrated..........

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    I am trying to use EasyGPS with the earlier etrex Legend and all I get is a COM port error, serial port does not open. Garmin refuses to troubleshoot EasyGPS. Settings all look OK, what next?

     

    Check the simple things first, are the serial ports disabled either in the BIOS or operating system itself?

    Driving speeds

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    It's probably as simple as how fast you were driving. Odd's are you are not driving at the exact same speed as the other person the whole time. You accelerate, decelerate etc..with all kinds of variables. I wouldn't worry about it.

     

    Maybe next time you can hitch the two vehicles together and let the other person pull you along and see what happens :)

    Skywarn Recognition Day

    in Ham Radio

    Posted · Edited by moonpup

    I'll try to stay awake for the entire event, wimped out and didn't go on the air last year. Going to try to this year.

     

    I'll be operating under the call WX0TOP. Anyone else participating?

     

    If I can find some repeaters here locally that are participating, as I'm only a Technician and not on the HF bands yet :laughing:

     

    KB1OBG

    looking for a good mobile rig any advise?

    in Ham Radio

    Posted · Edited by moonpup

    Hi,

     

    For my first mobile rig, I grabbed the Yaesu 7800-R as I didn't need dual reveive, cross-repeat or the quadbander like the 8800 and 8900. I saved some good money and got a solid radio with great audio! I used the difference to put it towards an HT :laughing:

     

    KB1OBG (new ham)

    Garmin 60CSx page button

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    Hi all,

     

    Just curious if anyone else is having issues with their page button. All the buttons on my gps work on the first press except for the page button which is intermittent. Sometimes I have to hit it 2-3 times to get it to register. It's probably a bum contact and when it completely dies I'll ship it off to Garmin, but just wanted to know if anyone else is seeing this problem or other bad buttons.

    Etrex Legend C

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    Posted · Edited by moonpup

    I understand that the original Legend and Vista are tried and true, while also being best sellers but they are old technology that shoud be retired/discontinued as well. Maybe they are keeping them from a consumer price point model, but I would like to see them go by the wayside as well. The are too many great improvements in the new models to keep them around.

    MicroSD card for France

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    When I load the card and try to acquire the maps in MapSource I get an error saying "Some maps could not be opened because the following MapSource products are not installed: City Navigator Europe NT+ v8, City Navigator Europe NT v8 +Traffic".

     

    That doesn't make sense, from what I understand the data card is a complete replacement for the software itself. Anyone else care to chime in?

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