[Oregon 300 Sat page]

WAAS on the Oregon does not work very well, the lock times can be pretty long (3-6 minutes in my experiences) and once you are receiving corrections (the little "D"s on the satellite page) it is very easy to drop the signal with the WAAS satellite.

 

If you have WAAS enabled let the unit sit with clear view of the SW sky (I think that this is right for your area of the country) for about 5 minutes. Eventually you'll see "D"'s.

Thanks I found that out yesterday I did get them bet the next time I turned it on I couldn't but I do understand how it works now thanks

[Oregon 300 Sat page]

Here is picture of my Colorado (similar screen to the oregon) next to a benchmark that is 6638ft elev. The sat screen clearly shows 6630ft in that position, which is well within tolerance considering I didn't have a WAAS lock.

How do you know if you have a WAAS lock? I had my Oregon from some time now and I just figured that you have waas if the bars on the screen are white instead of green (you have one white bar in your picture to check what I mean).

 

No, the white bar I believe is when the GPS doesn't have a complete lock on that particular satellite. You will know if you have a WAAS lock if some of the green bars have the letter "D" on them, as seen in this pic:

 

Sorry this was my first post/reply..I live in the Chicago area I have waas enebled I see white Bars but never have seen the letter "D" I have firmware 3.10 So I should get a lock. I heard something about "downloading Info from the correction bird, how long should that take?...Sorry for the double post

[Oregon 300 Sat page]

Here is picture of my Colorado (similar screen to the oregon) next to a benchmark that is 6638ft elev. The sat screen clearly shows 6630ft in that position, which is well within tolerance considering I didn't have a WAAS lock.

How do you know if you have a WAAS lock? I had my Oregon from some time now and I just figured that you have waas if the bars on the screen are white instead of green (you have one white bar in your picture to check what I mean).

 

No, the white bar I believe is when the GPS doesn't have a complete lock on that particular satellite. You will know if you have a WAAS lock if some of the green bars have the letter "D" on them, as seen in this pic:

 

I don't get the Letter.

[Oregon 200]

Yes it will work the hc after the sd stands for High Capacity it's faster than stander Micro SD cards