+DazeDnFamily Posted January 20, 2010 Posted January 20, 2010 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! Quote
+Woodstramp Posted January 20, 2010 Posted January 20, 2010 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). Quote
+Team CowboyPapa Posted January 20, 2010 Posted January 20, 2010 ..... 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. Quote
+42at42 Posted January 20, 2010 Posted January 20, 2010 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. Quote
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted January 20, 2010 Posted January 20, 2010 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". Quote
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