Unusually accurate, Sunday August 11th

[+CYBret]

I wonder if this was a midwest phenomenon or if it was just me. I was out this afternoon, taking some reading for a multi-cache I'm planning to place when I noticed that my eTrex Venture was giving me an accuracy reading of between 7 and 10 feet. This wasn't just for a minute or two, but all afternoon and into the evening. It was a great day to get some readings!

 

Anyone else notice this? I've often wondered if we could track good/bad days on signal reception and see how different regions compare. Someone should do that.

 

Bret

 

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.

When a man found it, he hid it again."

Mt. 13:44

[+EraSeek]

Did you have WAAS enabled? Perhaps just great geometry? 7'-10' is good. The accuracy reading is not a sure figure (some say it is bogus), but usually you can figure your actual position about up to 40% better than what that tells you in my experience. (each model and brand will figure accuracy differently)

 

[+Bluespreacher]

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Originally posted by CYBret:

I wonder if this was a midwest phenomenon or if it was just me. I was out this afternoon, taking some reading for a multi-cache I'm planning to place when I noticed that my eTrex Venture was giving me an accuracy reading of between 7 and 10 feet. This wasn't just for a minute or two, but all afternoon and into the evening. It was a great day to get some readings!

 

Anyone else notice this? I've often wondered if we could track good/bad days on signal reception and see how different regions compare. Someone should do that.

 

Bret

 

__"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.

When a man found it, he hid it again."_

Mt. 13:44_

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I don't know. I was out Sunday in Southern Indiana and my Legend was leading me all over the place. My wife thinks the $250 was way too much.

 

I have never gotten 7-10 feet though. Sounds good.

 

Bluespreacher

 

"We've got the hardware and the software, the plans and the maps ..." -- Citizen Wayne Kramer

[+jhwf44]

I was out caching on Sunday, and I was getting about 14 feet, which is normally what I get when I'm caching on the lake...oh boy are those underwater caches interesting.

 

jhwf4