Chirp

[+Dewi o Dre-Gwyr]

Please can ahy one tell me what are the guidelines for using a chirp beacon?

 

Do I need permission to place the chirp?

 

Does the 1 mile rule apply for the final in a multi stage chirp and do I need permission for the stages and final location.

[+pppingme]

Permission issues don't "change" just because its a chirp vs a container or something else.

 

Some places have a very open caching policy, where explicit permission isn't needed, some go as far as paperwork with exact details, others, just a quick OK email is sufficient. Found out existing caching policy for the location and go from there.

[Clan Riffster]

To add to what Potato Finder said;

A Chirp is not a geocache. Rather, it is a stage of a geocache. At some point you'd need to have a container as a final.

Because a Chirp is a physical object, placed by you, the 528' rule applies, just like a stage of a multi.

[+CanadianRockies]

Please can ahy one tell me what are the guidelines for using a chirp beacon?

Here are some guidelines for Chirp hides.

[Keystone]

To add to what Potato Finder said;

A Chirp is not a geocache. Rather, it is a stage of a geocache. At some point you'd need to have a container as a final.

Because a Chirp is a physical object, placed by you, the 528' rule applies, just like a stage of a multi.

True, but the volunteer cache reviewers have been asked to be very liberal in allowing leeway for conflicts between a chirp beacon and another physical geocache. Since it's the signal that matters, not the object, a chirp is in between a virtual waypoint and a physical waypoint. It counts more than a firetack but less than a metal tag.

[Clan Riffster]

To add to what Potato Finder said;

A Chirp is not a geocache. Rather, it is a stage of a geocache. At some point you'd need to have a container as a final.

Because a Chirp is a physical object, placed by you, the 528' rule applies, just like a stage of a multi.

True, but the volunteer cache reviewers have been asked to be very liberal in allowing leeway for conflicts between a chirp beacon and another physical geocache. Since it's the signal that matters, not the object, a chirp is in between a virtual waypoint and a physical waypoint. It counts more than a firetack but less than a metal tag.

Kewl! I did not know that.

Thanx for the inside scoop!

[+kunarion]

To add to what Potato Finder said;

A Chirp is not a geocache. Rather, it is a stage of a geocache. At some point you'd need to have a container as a final.

Because a Chirp is a physical object, placed by you, the 528' rule applies, just like a stage of a multi.

True, but the volunteer cache reviewers have been asked to be very liberal in allowing leeway for conflicts between a chirp beacon and another physical geocache. Since it's the signal that matters, not the object, a chirp is in between a virtual waypoint and a physical waypoint. It counts more than a firetack but less than a metal tag.

Kewl! I did not know that.

Thanx for the inside scoop!

A Chirp is not designed to be found as with a typical cache stage. So with its range of 50 feet, your waypoint may be in the middle of a trail, with the Chirp device off trail hidden among thorn bushes. So it would be great to have some leeway.

Edited September 17, 2013 by kunarion