Re: {Y} FYI: A Good GPS Buy??
Rdement1@aol.com
Thu, 1 Jul 1999 05:05:44 EDT
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Yes, they (can) operate on 3v, and will last for 24hrs on a set of batteries.
What they boil down to is a radio receiver, and automagic calculator. The
Pioneer is a VERY basic GPS,(4 satellite, 100 waypoint) and has been replaced
(by Magellan) with the Blazer 12 (which has more 'competitive' features), a
couple of months ago. All the Pioneers still floating around in the
suppliers' inventory will eventually get cheaper and cheaper. Of course,
without having charts on board, it may be difficult to use one of these
gps's, due to the fact it will only give you a (nonmagnetic) compass, and
your Lat/Long.
Cheers,
Russ deMent
Silverdale, WA
Borrowing Grandpa's P-19
In a message dated 6/30/99 3:30:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
lyarbrough@doeal.gov writes:
<< PS: Regarding recent traffic at this Potter site, the flyer claims "up
to 24 hrs" on 2 AA alkies. (Very efficient but sounds like ad hype to
me. "up to" may mean 23'59" on deep stand-by w/only 1' tapping the sat
array.) Is this a typo? Do any of these GPS devices operate on 3.0v?
Or it it stepped up? >>