Cachetrotters

quote:... i guess im just a lousy shot. Well, that's why! Look at yer picture. Yer holdin' it all wrong!

dboy4ever, good idea. Neck strap from a pair of sunglasses would be useful--about the right length without being too thick to put through the D-ring. Could also run it through the openings in the case top-to-bottom. Caching In, sorry about that--my fault. Should have warned you about the need to call upon your inner child and simulate after the draw.... Cracker7M, Thanks for that info. You think maybe someone could machine a clip system out of aluminum? Don

Now, you guys do realize that the shaft under the button is keyed so that it will only go on one way--it must turn 90 deg, perpendicular to the clip, to slide sideways without a ton of force. And when you take it off, it's not a gun coming out of its holster. You must use your opposable thumb and gently apply pressure to unsnap the button. Then lift up, not out, nor forward, nor in circles.

It could be left of south if you are still facing North. If facing South then, yes, right of south. mafew, Azimuth does not = North(true or mag). Azimuth is the angular displacement (the angle along the horizon) from some reference. The reference is usually True or Magnetic North. So true bearing is the 'compass' direction (make sure your compass is corrected for local magnetic variation if you are using one). Some receivers can set a bearing to waypoint as relative bearing. That would be the 'azimuth' from your current heading or compass direction of travel. Do

Talked to LEE at Telesales and got two--one for each hand She said get your order in well before telesales closes--5 PM PST--because they have to do paperwork and the shipping guy also leaves at 5pm PST. So order fast while you can get the good price. I got one for my sister in Ohio(actually all my sisters and one brother will have to share, but that'll give'em something to do together). Don

about my ST Pro, but no reply. They forwarded it up to Thales for some reason. Simple question, it seems. don

Just talked to a sales rep at Sunnyvale and was told they do not ship on sale items. Can't say for sure that he was the authority on this, but I asked several times and mentioned that others had been able to do so, but he would not relent.

For 200 bucks I'd rather have most anything else if I'm going to leave the radio off.

One could go so far as to take a laptop and use available programs to do the averaging for you with greater precision than the display of any recreational GPSr allows (such as SA Watch). The practicality of it dims when you consider that anyone looking for those coordinates will not be sticking around for several hours averaging to find out if they are close enough. For searchers it's a walk up, find it, walk out proposition. So at a minimum you end up with a probable 10-40+ ft error anyway, depending on WAAS, geometry, canopy, etc., even if the hider used survey equipment to locate the cache to the centimeter. You would get satisfaction of knowing that you have taken steps to ensure the coordinates are the best you can measure, but it can be overdone. Cheers, Don

I figure WAAS is quite reliable, otherwise it wouldn't have been put into synchronous orbit. It is we users that are unreliable. We can't be depended upon to do a simple thing like keeping ourselves in view of a satellite. Relative to the latitudes in my area of southern California vs. you northern-tier folks, the elevation of the sats are another 10-12 degrees higher, plus the west coast factor vs. the heartland gives me even higher ascension from the West sat (or East sat, if I lived in Georgia). I can get WAAS even while in some ravines in the local mountain ranges. If you're in Michigan and northern heartland locations like it, you get the worst of both, and one can see why folks in those places would think WAAS is a useless, battery-munching waste of processing power. Speaking of batteries, we spend untold dollars buying receivers and all that ancillary equipment we "just absolutely need". What's a few bucks for batteries? We gas our cars and change the oil, feed our cats, dogs, livestock. It's the price we pay for maintenance. Hopefully some of this will be moot when another bird gets posted to orbit. Cheers, Don

quote:Originally posted by finninfla:... Is the address to that point supposedly stored in my gps (eTrex Summit)? Or do I need to get the coordinates before I leave the computer? Thank You all. Most of the responses here seem to assume the operator will want steering information, and as such, yes, you will need to enter coordinates of the cache to enable the GPSr to give you steering information to the cache, or any waypoint for that matter. However, as long as you know what the coordinates are (wrote them down, photographic memory, etc.), you can just use the current present position and move until they start to match the cache coords. don

quote:Originally posted by Cache4Corn: ... there should always be some trinket for the kids. For the mature cachers, the find is the reward. I appreciate the efforts of people who have placed caches for us to find. I think it is a bit snooty to expect each cache to be a 'museam in a box' or a fabulous collection. If people want to stock caches like that, that's fine. But to get upset when someone trades a hotel pen for the steak dinner certificate seems a bit naive. Regards- Norm I agree. Good manners and cleanliness aside, it's supposed to be about a box that's been cached away, not about how much cash is in the box. For me the game is fundamentally a demonstration of your ability to plan your trip, use the receiver, interpret the steering information and map data, navigate your way to the destination, and finally, to spy the cache. An exchange of booty when you find the cache is secondary, a token exchange to leave something of yourself and take a momento as "proof" to yourself that you were there--to self-actualize, as it were. The exchange also keeps the cache from becoming an empty box (No self-respecting pirate ever left anything but footprints in the sand when they found their treasure, yes?). If finding something of value was the reward I sought, then I'd find a stream and start panning. It is my humble opinion that no one cache item should be valued more than a few bucks, if that much. Otherwise, I guess I should cancell that trip to geocache in Beverly Hills.... Don