DebEriBilBry

Wow! You just sent my mind swirling. I hadn't even contemplated maps....

So it sounds like it may be better to use one that is hand held as opposed to the one I have that is the garmin nuvi that I use in the car. I think having one that can hook somewhere would be good. I also think I would like one with a compass. I guess instead of what gps is best is what are the features you find most helpful with your GPS?

Thank you all for your input. I will be attending my first event in one week so I will for sure ask around. Deb

Hi! My birthday is coming up and I would love a new GPS. I am using a Garmin nuvi right now and it is ok but hard to pin point GZ sometimes. I am wondering what ya'll use and what do you recommend? I will subtly hint to my husband which name brand to look for for me. Deb from DebEriBilBry

yes thank you. That is the one I read before. Will have to study it now. I wonder how does the PQ decide which caches to add and which not?

When you select 1000 caches with a 50 mile radius how many caches are returned in the query? @Geotrekker I don’t think I tried doing 1000 at 50 mile radius. I was trying to do a smaller area hoping to get the more local ones. I did the 1000 caches at 200 and 300 maybe 400 once I can’t remember. I am getting ready to try again today. Wish me luck. Deb My goodness but we have a lot of caches around here! I ran 1000 at 10 mile radius and got back 860 caches! I forgot to exclude the ones I have found so when I edited the PQ it dropped to 775 but still that is a lot of caches in such a small area. So then I dropped it to 1000 in 5 miles and got back 239 caches. Crazy! These are 2 of the new ones that show in my preview. NRGP005 by NClingen | GC3XKY9 | Florida placed 09/27/2012 NRGP004 by NClingen | GC3XG8Q | Florida placed 09/25/2012 There are some on here that I have never seen before so I wonder if I need to do several PQs at smaller radius to get them to all load? So ….. I just tried to download these 239 and it worked!!!!! Now I just have to figure out how large of a radius I can do and I know I saw a link that told me how to do this. If you all have advise on that I will take it. Thank you all for your help

When you select 1000 caches with a 50 mile radius how many caches are returned in the query? @Geotrekker I don’t think I tried doing 1000 at 50 mile radius. I was trying to do a smaller area hoping to get the more local ones. I did the 1000 caches at 200 and 300 maybe 400 once I can’t remember. I am getting ready to try again today. Wish me luck. Deb

Hi Momster, Unfortunately this is not a new problem for me. It has been happening for awhile Deb

@DebEriBilBry: Can you go through your PQ settings and tell us what each one is set to, as well as some examples of caches that don't get captured by the PQ? We might be able to spot a pattern. Okay lets see.............. Days to Generate: Sometimes I set it to generate on Sundays Then I tried setting it to uncheck after query runs. Caches total: I have tried 100, 500 and 1000 Any Type: I left this open Any Container: I left this open That (and) "I haven't found" is ticked Difficulty and Terrain are set at "greater than or equal to 1" Within: none selected From origin is coordinates near my home Radius: I have tried 50, 75, 100 200 and 400miles none seem to make a difference. Placed during: none selected Although I did try doing a one week search that showed up with a line through it?? I am sorry I did not really ever download it to my computer and I can't try to now. The preview shows up with everything new. I never pick any attributes. Some of the new caches that did not come across Traditional Cache Oh no! Not another bush hunt! by pascopete | GC3XGY0 | Florida Premium Member Only Cache 09/25/2012 New! 2 days ago* Send to GPS [Really Far..] 0 Traditional Cache Whack! Back to you D8 by pascopete | GC3XPYA | Florida Premium Member Only Cache 9/29/2012 New! Today* Send to GPS [Really Far..] 0 Traditional Cache Full Schmull by pascopete | GC3XKVT | Florida

@JPatton I do not think it is a problem with the download to GSAK. I tried opening my opening the GPX files in a plain text editor I then did a search of a cache I know is local to me and new. It is not located in the GPX file.

I am using a PQ centered on coordinates.

Gitchee-Gummee, I have previewed the caches in the query and the newest ones are there when I am online and looking in the preview. When I open the query in GSAK they do not show. Are you saying that sometimes the newest ones just are not on the PQ for some reason? Deb

and now i have exceeded the 5 queries per day limit so I can't do anything more today I guess. I am beyond frustrated and this is supposed to be a fun hobby.

No I do not have any restrictions other than "that I haven't found"

I am trying to figure out why when I try to create a new PQ it will not download the newest caches in my area. I have tried searching in smaller areas and for a lesser number of caches but I just can't get the newest ones to show up. I tried opening my opening the GPX files in a plain text editor and searching for the GC codes of some of the newest caches that I know are there because I see them when I look online. They simply are not there. I use GSAK to open my PQ. Please help! Deb

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