Re: [Paddlewise] Garmin eTrex GPS.

Also look at
sci.geo.satellite-nav
for information

Two FAQ are at
Joe and Jack's GPS Information Site:<http://joe.mehaffey.com>
Thomas Born's Garmin website <http://www.bridge.de/~tom/garmin.htm>

Rich Dempsey


----- Original Message -----
From: Michael R Noyes <mnoyes_at_gsinet.net>
To: paddlewise <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 12:47 PM
Subject: [Paddlewise] Garmin eTrex GPS.


> I was at a local paddling store a couple days ago checking out GPS
> units.  One that really caught my eye was the Garmin eTrex because of
> the small size and bright yellow color.  I asked to check it out and to
> my surprise it locked on to the satellites (indoors) just as fast as the
> units costing more than twice as much!  It seems that Garmin uses the
> same receiver in the eTrex as they do in the GPSII.
> The literature I have found so far says that it is waterproof to
> immersion standard IEC 529 IPX7.  The eTrex doesn't have some of the
> bells and whistles of the more expensive units, but the size and
> waterproofing seem to make it an excellent paddling unit.
> Does anyone on this list have any first hand experience with the eTrex?
> I would like to know how well it works in the real world before I buy
> it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mike
>
> --
>     Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are
> visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a
> great
> blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a
> mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your
> passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space.
> Mark H Hunt
>
>
>
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