It is Alive!

[+DazeDnFamily]

Heya all. I got my PN-30 that I bought on eBay last week tonight, and it fired right up. Took it about 10 minutes outside to lock on, and in walking the dog, had accuracies of +/- 6 ft. Not sure if that's possible without WAAS, which doesn't seem to cover my house. (That is in no way a surprise. This place resides in a black hole for anything that transmits or receives. Even our fully wired internet connection has fits here.....*grumble*) So far, it seems fairly intuitive for me. (Maybe I think in the skewed format of DeLorme engineers.... ) I loaded Topo 8, and after some fiddling and reading, have a topo map of my local (about 50 mile radius) area loaded onto the GPSr. Took a few more minutes to figure out the PQ system/Cache Register, but I now have the 500 closest to my house loaded as well. Looks like tomorrow, I get to start looking.

 

Down the road, I'll get a bigger/faster memory card, and a Map Library subscription. First impression of the PN-30 is awesome, however. Again, HUGE thanks for everyone who gave me advice during my buying phase.

 

Wish me luck!

 

Later!

[+Woodstramp]

Dazd.

 

Glad you got the new toy and get your feet wet.

 

I don't know how it works with the -30/-40's as far as WAAS goes, but on my -20 I'll see the WAAS bird show and then, after a good while, the other bars will go blue (most of the time).

[+Team CowboyPapa]

..... had accuracies of +/- 6 ft. Not sure if that's possible without WAAS, ....

Yes, it is. I sometimes get ±6ft without WAAS.

Then when WAAS kicks in, it goes down to ±5ft.

[+42at42]

I am expecting mine on Thrusday or Friday? I hope I will be as excited as you are. This weekend is supposed to be nice weather, so I think I will be searching in the snow.

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

Reference your "black hole"............

 

Ever have your house/curtilage scanned for RFI? Can affect quite a few things.

 

My PN-40 is "johnny-on-the-spot" just about anywhere within our house, even the basement.

In my son's house with his 6 computers,Wifi, cellphones, and many electronic devices that I wouldn't begin to comprehend, the PN-40 mostly sits there "spinning its' wheels".