+tabulator32 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 I bought one of those yellow Magellan eXplorist 200's when I got into geocaching and I love having the road map overlay. My buddy bought another GPS (I forget which) and he paid about one third of what I paid and his has no map overlay. Here's the catch: When I scale in all the way, my screen gets down to the "this line equals 100 feet" scale and my buddy's gets down to "this line equals 20 feet". On the flip side, his seems to emit a beep every so often saying he has lost his sinal while mine continues to track with at least four or five satelites. While I realize the actual screen display should not have anything to do with the actual accuracy of the GPSr, he still seems to be able to hone in a little better on the precise location of the cache. I understand typical GPS readings are plus/minus ten or twenty feet. Is there a good GPS that can maintain a good signal reception, get "close up" on its screen display and not cost a small fortune? Also, I have heard of hikers and such hooking up external antennaes and fastening them to a backpack for better reception in the woods. Does anyone here do this? Does it make a considerable difference? Quote Link to comment
WH Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 My 60CS can zoom in pretty far and I rarely have an issue with satellite lock. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 (edited) Is there a good GPS that can maintain a good signal reception, get "close up" on its screen display and not cost a small fortune? Lowrance iFinder H20. Also, I have heard of hikers and such hooking up external antennaes and fastening them to a backpack for better reception in the woods. Does anyone here do this? Does it make a considerable difference? Yes, the external antennas give you better reception, but I've never had the need for one in nearly 4 years of geocaching, with a variety of units, often under heavy tree cover. Edited July 24, 2005 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+Team Cotati Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 (edited) The only time that I have seen a situation where having an external antenna was an absolute requirement is when you are deploying a GPSr based receiver/transmitter to be used for covert operations. In this instance since the combo unit is often concealed under the body of a vehicle, an appropriate external antenna is a must. Other than that, don't worry about it. Edited July 24, 2005 by Team Cotati Quote Link to comment
+Ed Rad Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Just upgrade to and eXplorist 500 or 600 and you'll never need anything else... Quote Link to comment
+Gecko1 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 The military does it, so it obviously works. Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Moving thread to proper forum. Quote Link to comment
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