Poppa Duck

With all the cache event's happening, I was wondering if there is any interest in doing anything on Long Island. I'm thinking maybe one of the eastern Nassau / western Suffolk county parks would be centrally located. Any thoughts from the group? -Poppa Duck

Although I believe that SA has not been turned on and that the gov't isn't interfering with the signals, I have noticed a lot of inconsistencies lately. Inordinate amount of time to get a lock, EPE being reported in the range of 80-100 feet, days where my position is off as much at .25 miles, etc. The majority of days though, the position is spot on. Today as I was driving to one, as soon as I crossed the border from New York into Conneticut I started loosing satellites (not just the lock but the view of them also). By the time I was at the cache I was down to two birds and only one lock ( found the cache by instinct). I didn't get a good position reading until I was several miles back into New York.

I received the attached from the admin's when I inquired about adopting several of the virtual's left behind by the Tarrytown Horsemen. I think a few are historically important enough to be re-enabled and I'm willing to submit them as new virtuals. What does everyone else think? Are there any virutal's that come to mind that you'd like to see re-issued? Should I even bother doing it or let them lie dormant? Here's the reply from the admins: --------------------------- At this point I am not willing to unarchive and transfer virtual caches. All new virtual are being examined closely to be sure they fit the new guidelines. So to reactivate a virtual that may have been grandfathered in is something I not am willing to do. We allow the adoption of physical caches to avoid Geo-trash being left behind by a cacher. A virtual does not leave the Geo-trash behind. If they are valid virtual, then you can submit them as a new cache. Thanks for your understanding, --------------------------------- Poppa Duck

I've been watching the caches for a while also and trying to contact the Tarrytown Horsemen. I know some of the physical caches are still there because I've done them recently. The powers that be (Jeremy and company) have allowed my partner and I to adopt several of the physical caches so that we can make them available again. If the TTH do re-surface we'd be glad to return the cache ownership to them. If anybody wants to help out let us know and we'll try and get the virtuals and other physicals verified so that we can make them available again too.