+D0kt0r_D Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I was wondering if there are any CF members in the crowd? I was an army medic for six years and wish I had a GPSr back then what with all the ground I covered... Quote Link to comment
+popokiiti Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 I know of quite a few serving members in the Victoria area, and ex-members too... Quote Link to comment
+D0kt0r_D Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 I was beginning to wonder if I were the only one Quote Link to comment
+stagunner Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 You are not the only one . I taught PLGR when it was first introduced in 1996, Now I am retired and have a great time Geocaching Quote Link to comment
+D0kt0r_D Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 I released in '95 but I've been asked at least twelve times now to come back. Might be fun... Quote Link to comment
+Landsharkz Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I was wondering if there are any CF members in the crowd? Gazillions... maybe more even! If I look back at the CF Geocoins I can probably name close to 200 of them! Quote Link to comment
+DyverDown Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Ground Pounding Ex- Infanteer here I was wondering if there are any CF members in the crowd? Gazillions... maybe more even! If I look back at the CF Geocoins I can probably name close to 200 of them! Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 You are not the only one . I taught PLGR when it was first introduced in 1996, Now I am retired and have a great time Geocaching 22 yrs. in the U.S. Army Reserve (what you would call the militia in Canada). That's the U.S. Army Signal Corps Insignia for my avatar. But why I'm really posting is the PLGR GPS as quoted above. Was that thing huge or what? The Wikipedia article claims it only weighs 3 pounds. Seemed like about 10 to me. That and I trained at CFB Borden 3 times. Quote Link to comment
+DyverDown Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 The PLGR was just entering service as I was exiting, so I only played with it a few times and it seemed at the time to be voodoo-magic so we relied on map and compass more often than not... And yes, it was one heavy, and clumbsy piece of kit LOL You are not the only one . I taught PLGR when it was first introduced in 1996, Now I am retired and have a great time Geocaching 22 yrs. in the U.S. Army Reserve (what you would call the militia in Canada). That's the U.S. Army Signal Corps Insignia for my avatar. But why I'm really posting is the PLGR GPS as quoted above. Was that thing huge or what? The Wikipedia article claims it only weighs 3 pounds. Seemed like about 10 to me. That and I trained at CFB Borden 3 times. Quote Link to comment
+stagunner Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver PLGR hahahaaa it was light compared to a normal GPSr that we used back then. It was bulky and did not like the cold but it worked great I was an Artillery surveyor for several years and used all types of GPSR, the smallest we used were the old 1 channel Magellans. Then the CF bought the PLGR a godsend for positioning,, with less than 1 -3 meters accuracy Now they are using smaller receivers and lots of soldiers have their own either Garmin or Magellan,, now they use GPSr in everything from weather balloon telemetry trackers to Artillery guided projectiles,, Quote Link to comment
7rxc Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 But why I'm really posting is the PLGR GPS as quoted above. Was that thing huge or what? The Wikipedia article claims it only weighs 3 pounds. Seemed like about 10 to me. That and I trained at CFB Borden 3 times. Never actually seen one... but it bears a striking resemblance to my Garmin 45xl... size and weight to boot. Glad to hear you liked (and escaped from) Camp Boredom... that was sort of home base for our training when I was in reserve/militia during the 60's and again for when I joined the Cadet Instructors Cadre thru the 70's into the 2000's ( last in 2006). I was RCEME (we fixed things the 'real' engineers and everyone else messed up), later on with the Air Cadets (occasionally other services) taught range and flying theory, survival and navigation amongst other things. Doug Quote Link to comment
+ECplus3 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver PLGR hahahaaa it was light compared to a normal GPSr that we used back then. It was bulky and did not like the cold but it worked great I was an Artillery surveyor for several years and used all types of GPSR, the smallest we used were the old 1 channel Magellans. Then the CF bought the PLGR a godsend for positioning,, with less than 1 -3 meters accuracy Now they are using smaller receivers and lots of soldiers have their own either Garmin or Magellan,, now they use GPSr in everything from weather balloon telemetry trackers to Artillery guided projectiles,, My sister-in-law is 2RCHA. She uses the DAGR and loves it. Says she'll let me use one to cache with next time I visit. Apparently it keeps tracking satellites even when turned off for near-instant acquisition when you turn it on. It can also superimpose its map over satellite imagery (ie. this morning's intel pass). BTW, I was in the militia when I went to university. Quote Link to comment
+stagunner Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I too served in 2RCHA,, for a less than 10 months but that was when our survey sections got replaced by a GPSR and other less manpower intensive survey systems,, UBIQUE!!! Quote Link to comment
+Ducky Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 (edited) Just about to start my 28th year of servitude Started with The Brockville Rifles then joined the the Reg Force as a MSE Op 23 years ago and I've been driving here, there and everywhere since then Edited April 21, 2010 by Ducky Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 But why I'm really posting is the PLGR GPS as quoted above. Was that thing huge or what? The Wikipedia article claims it only weighs 3 pounds. Seemed like about 10 to me. That and I trained at CFB Borden 3 times. Never actually seen one... but it bears a striking resemblance to my Garmin 45xl... size and weight to boot. Glad to hear you liked (and escaped from) Camp Boredom... that was sort of home base for our training when I was in reserve/militia during the 60's and again for when I joined the Cadet Instructors Cadre thru the 70's into the 2000's ( last in 2006). I was RCEME (we fixed things the 'real' engineers and everyone else messed up), later on with the Air Cadets (occasionally other services) taught range and flying theory, survival and navigation amongst other things. Doug Oh, I only did 3 long weekends. As I said, it was a Militia (or reserves in the U.S.) thing. We trained with the Hamilton Military Police Regiment. There were only like 15 of them, and about 125 of us. I do definitely remember the skies being filled all 3 weekends with Cadets being towed around in gliders. Quote Link to comment
+ECplus3 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 But why I'm really posting is the PLGR GPS as quoted above. Was that thing huge or what? The Wikipedia article claims it only weighs 3 pounds. Seemed like about 10 to me. That and I trained at CFB Borden 3 times. Never actually seen one... but it bears a striking resemblance to my Garmin 45xl... size and weight to boot. Glad to hear you liked (and escaped from) Camp Boredom... that was sort of home base for our training when I was in reserve/militia during the 60's and again for when I joined the Cadet Instructors Cadre thru the 70's into the 2000's ( last in 2006). I was RCEME (we fixed things the 'real' engineers and everyone else messed up), later on with the Air Cadets (occasionally other services) taught range and flying theory, survival and navigation amongst other things. Doug Oh, I only did 3 long weekends. As I said, it was a Militia (or reserves in the U.S.) thing. We trained with the Hamilton Military Police Regiment. There were only like 15 of them, and about 125 of us. I do definitely remember the skies being filled all 3 weekends with Cadets being towed around in gliders. I lived in Borden for 5 years. But that was when I was a kid. There was precious little for a kid to do there in the 70s. Can't imagine what it must have been like as an adult! Quote Link to comment
+D0kt0r_D Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 But why I'm really posting is the PLGR GPS as quoted above. Was that thing huge or what? The Wikipedia article claims it only weighs 3 pounds. Seemed like about 10 to me. That and I trained at CFB Borden 3 times. Never actually seen one... but it bears a striking resemblance to my Garmin 45xl... size and weight to boot. Glad to hear you liked (and escaped from) Camp Boredom... that was sort of home base for our training when I was in reserve/militia during the 60's and again for when I joined the Cadet Instructors Cadre thru the 70's into the 2000's ( last in 2006). I was RCEME (we fixed things the 'real' engineers and everyone else messed up), later on with the Air Cadets (occasionally other services) taught range and flying theory, survival and navigation amongst other things. Doug Oh, I only did 3 long weekends. As I said, it was a Militia (or reserves in the U.S.) thing. We trained with the Hamilton Military Police Regiment. There were only like 15 of them, and about 125 of us. I do definitely remember the skies being filled all 3 weekends with Cadets being towed around in gliders. I lived in Borden for 5 years. But that was when I was a kid. There was precious little for a kid to do there in the 70s. Can't imagine what it must have been like as an adult! I recall the Rod and Gun Club fondly... Spent a lot of time there when I wasn't too busy studying at the CFMS School. Quote Link to comment
+TyggerBob Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Ex 81A Security and Military Police officer here.. (braces for the flood of meathead jokes) When they found out I could spell computer, they put me into IT security right away and I spend the rest of my days at NDHQ. I work for Bell as an network security consulting analyst now. Having fun now caching with the kids in Ottawa, where there's a plethora of caches to be found. Tyg Quote Link to comment
+wrtiii Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 (edited) Active Reg force @ CFB Winnipeg here. Just starting to conquer the manitoba caches. Bill Edited April 29, 2010 by wrtiii Quote Link to comment
+TyggerBob Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Active Reg force @ CFB Winnipeg here. Just starting to conquer the manitoba caches. Bill Welcome to the end of your free time, Bill Quote Link to comment
+AKelvis Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 United States Coast Guard here! 10 year veteran. Quote Link to comment
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