DaveInWNC

I wonder about the performance of the capacitance screen when it is wet or the user has gloves on.

I have a 32 gb card in a Montana 600. I've loaded some tracks into Garmin>GPX>Archive on the card. When I go to the track manager these tracks are not in "Archive" but in the top-level "Favorites". How can I have the card's tracks appear in the manager as an archive? Thanks, Dave Wetmore

Like many Montana owners, I'be been searching for a good carrying case. I've found a nice once to attach to my pack shoulder strap, item #0102 from Maxpedition. At $30 it's not cheap, but it works well and is well constructed. DaveInWNC

I am having problems with archiving track files. If I load them into the Garmin Archive folder on my SD card the tracks appear in the track manager window and the manager does not see them as archived. The only way I can archive them in the on-board archive is to archive each track individually. Questions: 1. Does anybody know how Garmin orders the track file names in the display? 2. How can I get the tracks in my SD card archive to display when I hit the "Archive" button? Thanks DaveInWNC

Garmin said that this upgrade "Fixed an issue with magnetic north reference and waypoint headings", but the waypoint manager still displays bearings as true when the heading is set to "magnetic". Only when displayed on the map is the bearing converted to magnetic.

Check to see if your county has an on-line GIS system. Most systems have LIDAR elevation data, accurate to within a foot or so. Find a convenient place and calibrate there. For example, the sidewalk in front of my house is at 2244 feet. Dave

Victory Mike, could you post your whole paper? I'm realy impessed with the clarity and would like to have the whole thing. Thanks, DaveInWNC

I have an Oregon 300 running 3.15/3.70. I am attempting to create a custom POI file. I began with a .kml file from Google earth, which I translated into a csv file with GPSBabel. I then moved the latitude column to give me a csv file of longitude, latitude, name , e.g. -82.02474,36.10681,Big Yellow Mtn. The POI Loader documentation says this format is valid. I used POI Loader 2.5.3.0 to build and load a .gpi file onto my SD card under Garmin/POI. The POIs show up in “Extras” and behave exactly like built-in POIs except that the custom POI names never display. The symbol showing the location of the custom POI does display. The built-in POI’s display both location and name. In the map setup I have tried various combinations of map detail and zoom level, but all to no avail. My problem: The custom POI points display on the map, but the custom POI names do not. Where am I going wrong? Dave

I found another trick to help with the Oregon carabiner attachment. I used Krazy Glue to glue the strap tightly to the plastic so that the strap won't twist when I'm trying to hook/unhook the unit out in the field. It's held for two day-long hikes, but I don't know how permanent the fix will be.

The smallest type on the Oregon display is the legalese. At least with UTM coordinates, the next smallest type is the location! Not only is the location very hard to read, you can only find it in one place, the rather cluttered satellite page. Wouldn't it be nice if the Oregon had a page (which could have different-sized fields) onto which the user could put any information from any other page? Kind of a "home page". Perhaps you could even display time in seconds. It is a pity to own what is almost a portable atomic clock that only tells time in minutes.

Sunday I somehow broke the pivot that holds my 60CSx battery cover in place. I emailed Garmin, asking how I could get a new one. Monday morning I got an email saying a replacement cover was being sent me. Today (Thursday) the cover came. No questions, no charges, just prompt service. Dave

this is after-market, screws into clip lug hole on gps. excuse typing, one arm in sling

Sometime back this forum had a reference to a site where you could buy a D-ring attachment to replace the carrying clip lug on the back of a Garmin 60-series. I thought I had bookmarked the site, but apparently I didn't. Can someone give me the URL for the site? Thanks, Dave in WNC

In cold weather I've always had more trouble with the display than the batteries. The viscosity of the material in the screen increases, and the display goes blank. It looks like a dead battery problem, but it isn't.

Several months ago I ran some battery tests with my 60CSx. Using freshly charged 2500 mAh NiMH batteries, I got 18h29m on the internal antenna, 17h09m on a Gilsson external.

For several decades I have used a Suunto KB-14. It is faster and more convenient than a baseplate compass and far faster and more convenient than the GPS compass. Faster, because 90% of the time, I only want to know what direction I'm going. All I need do is haul the compass out, make sure the dial is free, and look at it. Takes one hand and about 3-4 seconds at the most. More convenient because sightings take only one hand. I can get to half a degree easily and quickly. For determining the correction I use the deviation given by the GPS (60CSx) or http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/geomag/jsp/Declination.jsp

For several decades I have used a Suunto KB-14. It is faster and more convenient than a baseplate compass and far faster and more convenient than the GPS compass. Faster, because 90% of the time, I only want to know what direction I'm going. All I need do is haul the compass out, make sure the dial is free, and look at it. Takes one hand and about 3-4 seconds at the most. More convenient because sightings take only one hand. I can get to half a degree easily and quickly. For determining the correction I use the deviation given by the GPS (60CSx) or http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/geomag/jsp/Declination.jsp

I use a Suunto KB-14, it's durable, quick, accurate, and easy to use. I do a lot of map work, but don't use baseplate compasses; I think a dial compass is quicker and easier to use.

I have a friend moving from North Carolina to Alaska. She just bought a used Garmin 60Cs and, being a Garmin GPS user for several years, I've offered to give her a day's orientation. I have 3 questions: 1. What datum do the Alaska quads use? 2. That far north is there any particular reason to prefer lat-lon over UTM? 3. Are there any special things she needs to know about using her GPS in Alaska? Thanks