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    Ammo Can In Airplane Luggage?

    in General geocaching topics

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    Slovakia is a fairly recent addition to NATO. It spends about $400 million annually on it's military which would indicate that it probably doesn't buy a great deal from the U.S. but depends instead on European producers (or only purchase a very small amount from the U.S.) Since it really is a fairly new player, it's doubtful that you WOULD find any ammo cans for sale there (if the European counterparts are using them instead of boxes at this point.) A great deal also depends on the type of weaponry that the Slovakian army primarily uses and how much or if they train locally with practice rounds.

    You are probably better off bringing a can or two with you.

     

    Doc

    Ammo Can In Airplane Luggage?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by docdigit

    It is usually no problem if you let the airport personnel know ahead of time what it is and have them inspect it. Most of the ammo cans that you would have would probably have most of the residue already gone from them by the time you could possibly have them (if there ever was any to begin with), even if there is some, as long as it has been inspected and you have told them ahead of time, you should not have any issue. DO NOT try to carry them on the plane, make sure that they go through the luggage.

    I'm not sure why you would think that they don't have them in Europe? Many of the NATO countries actually purchase their ammuntion from the U.S. and it is almost certainly shipped in ammo cans. They have to do something with them when they are expended?

     

    Doc

    Easy Gps And Explorist

    in GPS technology and devices

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    I'm sure that this has been covered elsewhere and I'm sure that everyone is tired of hearing that the search function doesn't work, but, just in case (and to save me from searching through umpteen million pages) is there a way to get EasyGPS to work with the eXplorist 600? It looks like the leaning curve is a lot less steep than GSAK (which I WILL tackle after I'm a bit more familiar with this whole business...)

     

    Doc

    Battery Power Level

    in GPS technology and devices

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    I'd guess your new battery is a few tenths of a volt different.

     

    You are correct, I just checked and the battery is a 3.6v instead of 3.7v! I have already contacted the company I bought it from but have not heard back from the yet (the holidays I would presume.) I'm not sure how long it will last yet, I haven't had a chance to work with it as other events have overtaken me. I am hoping to get out today with it and give it a shot.

     

    Doc

    Battery Power Level

    in GPS technology and devices

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    I went out and bought a battery for my eXplorist 600 (still waiting for a response from my dealer as to why it was missing in the first place), but I've noticed that no matter how long I charge it, the green bar doesn't go above the half-way point. Anybody have any ideas on this one?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Doc

    Very New And Can't Find A Thing! :(

    in How do I...?

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    I felt like an idiot looking around, and trying to look obvious or weird.

     

    I think that this is going to be a part of the "game". My brother actually got me interested in the sport when I went with him this summer. Your best bet (from what I've seen) is to look for 'down-times' to do the urban caches. Early Sunday mornings seem to be best from my observation in most cities that I've been to. I'm pretty sure that I've located my first cache without my GPS just from the information that I've found HERE. I am waiting until later today to go with my son to verify since it won't look so obvious then (protective coloration, another tactic!)

     

    Doc

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