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The original post(r) decided to opt out of the thread. Gary
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The original post(r) decided to opt out of the thread. Gary
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I plan my trips using large scale maps (Delorme/Michelin) and use my GPS to find food, gas, lodging, and routing to local addresses. Maps give a greater sense of where you are in relation to points of interest and much more detail. The GPS provides "Where am I ?" info in addition to routing preferences. One complements the other in my view. Ride Safe
The HAM radio gear is very much the same.
You mean you have no radios with a GPS input for APRS position beaconing?
Sorry, Gary, I had to.
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Actually no Tom, you've been at it long enough to know what I mean, both on the gps usage and and the radio gear. When you looked at an older piece of electronic gear you would know what to expect with no power to the unit. I'm going to get one (gps) but chances are it will be used like Rpbump is using his. Gary
I'm no fan of software menus, Gary. On the other hand, the Collins R390A that's still sitting on my shelf is no picnic to operate either. Most of the time I've owned it, its been tuned to WBZ.
Back to the maps -- I don't ever see myself giving them up. There's no better planning tool. I also don't want to give up the audio quality of that giant Collins receiver either.
I've spent hours selecting a route and loading it into my Garmin, only to have it take me the way it wants to go, not where I thought I asked it.
Was griping one day about how the GPS (in this case a Garmin) had tried to take me up what was essentially a cow path. I found the response enlightening:
"It's just a suggestion, you don't have to go that way."
True enough, nothing like dead reckoning!
I tend to route by using carefully selected waypoints rather than importing entire routes. I also tend to create a lot of waypoints when I'm out on the road.
To me, sticking to a route is like staying on the highway. Turning down a road because it looks more interesting than the one I'm on happens a lot.
I can navigate with maps or gps, but using both is a much better experience.