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I know nothing about the unit … BUT here’s a link to download the owner’s manual, if you don’t have that:
http://www.lowrance.com/en/Products/Outdoors/iFINDER-H2O/Downloads/
I agree with this too.
A rating of 1 should mean that someone in a wheelchair all by themself, should be able to find and get the cache totally solo.This might seem strict/harsh … but this just means there are not that many true 1 caches out there. If it can’t be done solo, then the rating needs to be a bit higher, that’s just the way it is.
In a nutshell …
ANALOG TV is like having a Dimmer Switch on your living room lights … when you have it bright in the room you can see real well, if you dim it somewhat you can still see just not as good. So, maybe your signal is not very strong, but you can still see/hear the TV, but maybe with a bit of static.
Unfortunatly DIGITAL TV is more like an On/Off Switch … it’s either all On and everything is fine, or if you don’t have enough signal reaching you it’s all the way Off. When you see blocks of garbage on your screen, your seeing the switch turn off for a brief period of time. To make matters worse, the digital signal (as others have stated) does not travel as far as analog.
… I’ve over simplified this, but for the non-technical, just think of it this way.
Zuma is right.
Basically … stick with what you have … the down side is too great to mess with other options.
This is the one thing (and the only thing) I don’t like about my Nuvi, the fact that you can’t easily see a screen full of caches … you have to zoom in real close to see the cache symbols … so close that it doesn’t provide any benefit, basically by that point your almost in walking distance to the caches.
Usually I’m the nervous sort … but I don’t get …
#1 How does someone having my cell phone number lead to identity theft? Sure maybe it leads to getting prank phone calls from some total stranger. In fact I’d rather a stranger have my cell phone number than my home phone number … can’t tell if I’m home or not by calling my cell phone, as I’ll answer it either way.
#2 If there’s a note in my car window that I’m geocaching … while would someone assume there’s a GPSr in the car … I would assume there’s NOT a GPSr in the car, as the dudes using it right now. Besides, who says the note has to saying I’m cachine, it could say I’m hiking.
#3 If you don’t put what time your returning on the note … the “bad guy” must assume you are going to return at any time. If I was wanting to break into someones car, having no note at all tells me the same thing as a note with no time limit saying I’m hiking. Either way it’s an empty car. At least with a note, it means I am coming back … no note could mean the car broke down and will be easy pickings until the guy comes back with gas in 3 hours. Think about it … no note = do I see a guy walking down the road, if no, then the coast is clear … with a note saying the owner is hiking = he/she could pop out of the woods any moment.
Ok, in case this helps (maybe it doesn’t?) …
I took the list of 43 members that added January 2008 (not 2009, but 2008) … I randomliy picked 20 of them … of those 20, this is the current “accomplishments” …
4 of them have posted at least once to the WGA
So I consider them “real”, of the the remaining 16:6 of them do NOT show up on GC.Com with their stated GC.com name.
3 of them have GC.Com accounts but have never found a cache.
7 of them have GC.Com accounts and have logged cache find activity.So in my opinion at least 6 of the 20 don’t really seem to show any physical signs of being ligitimate cachers. While 3 more of the 20 are “borderline” ligitimate or maybe are “fence sitters”. Leaving 11 of 20 as people/teams I can safely say are actually stand-alone cachers/teams.
Personally, I don’t see why people would “sign up” to be members unless they either have found caches or truely plan on taking the plunge into caching. So based on my personal feelings out of 20 sign-ups 11 are legitimate and 9 are “suspect”. Now the “suspect” are likely some unknown mix of “double voters” and “inactive newbies”, it would likely not be possible to figure out how many we have of each.
However, should an “inactive newbie” … someone that signed up over a year ago and has never cached (as near as we can tell) … should they get a vote? … just how much do they know about the candiates or the WGA organization?
Disclaimer … this whole issue is not a super big deal to me nor anything I thought about much before today … I’m just finding the whole thing statistically interesting to ponder 🙂
I too wish and hope this wouldn’t be needed … but I see these voting-seasons growth spurts as odd.
One thing that might be interesting to check out … of those 40+ new members in January … how many of them seem to “stick around” after voting. In other words, then ones that appeared a little more than a year ago as adds in January … how many of them have “chimed in” in the Forums in the months to follow, or started showing other signs of actually existing as a destinct individual/team (such as finding caches under the newly appearing name).
Thanks for all the info!
so your saying that a blinkie cache is a non-blinking blinkie.
so what you want is a non-non-blinking nano
In case your interest … here’s the link to getting the macro for GSAKing with Nuvi units …
About 13 months ago I got a Garmin Nuvi 650 … it’s the best thing I ever did!
Work wells for general driving around … but really makes caching easier.
This is what I do:
(1) I have a query set to run on GC.com each week of the 300 closest caches I’ve not found that are not mine.
(2) I load the file on my regular handheld GPSr (an old Garmin eMap).
(3) I convert the file and load it into CacheMate on my Palm Pilot.
(4) I run the file through GSAK using a macro that exists to modify the file to be more “helpful” (*note*) and then load it on to my Nuvi 650.
(5) I then let the Nuvi 650 tell me where to drive for a cache, when I get to the parking spot, I do a “find nearest” on my handheld and select the same cache. I also have my Palm Pilot with me so I have the text and hints of we need them … however, because of the GSAK modification before the load to the Nuvi, I rarely look at the Palm Pilot (unless the text is long and meaningful or I need the hint).
(*note*) By default loading the .GPX file into the Nuvi, gives you limited information … basically the GCxxxxx of the cache and the ability to navigate to it, maybe the name of the cache (but I forgot if it includes the name). But there’s a macro available for GSAK that modifies the .GPX format to do some amazing things … expecially if you modify the macro slightly. Going from memory (cause I don’t have my Nuvi with me):
(a) Rather than the screen names being something like: GC123AB
Mine read: GC123AB/MikesBigTreas/Micr/Multi/T2D3
(b) You get a [more] button on the Nuvi that gives you the full text
of the cache, the hint and the last few find logsNot only do I get a lot of useful information at a glance on the screen names, but I can read the text before I jump out of the car … so if I can remember what it says and don’t need the hint, I don’t need to bother with my Palm Pilot. Also, since you can search for the screen name as a partial match, I can search for a specific GC number or name of the cache, or all Multis for that matter.
The only caution: if you’re computer challenged GSAK and this macro might get the best of you.
DISCLAIMER: we don’t do nearly as much caching as we use to, but when we do it works great … is it overkill for our low volume of caching, yes … but it’s still slick.
I’d have to recommend my:
GC13FWY “Harrington: Risen to Power”It does require finding two other caches first … but they are very close by and only a few feet off the paved trail.
This is not your typical cache and even less likely to be “legally” in a State Park … only because the Park Ranger helped me plan it and helped “construct the spot” is this even possible without breaking some law, I’m guessing. Also, it has the “slap yourself on the forehead” factor when you arrive at ground zero.
I have a lot of caches in this park … but if someone asks me what one(s) to do if they don’t have much time, this is the no brainer answer to that question.
This is what I have had stuck in my head …
Actually the new logo is kind of growing on me.
But online, it would be cool if the brown Wisconsin had more “spunk” … my thought would be not a whole GPSr, but part of the screen of a GPSr, showing some map lines and the “pointer” moving along the breadcrumb trail.
This of course only would work online … too fine of a detail for a shirt or hat … in which case just default back to the current brown.
My 2 cents / comments …
1. While I’m seeing that Washington’s group has no plans of sueing us … I just can’t see a big potential that way, any way. The logo is just 3 letters of the alphabet and the outline of Wisconsin. Since when does Washington get exclusive rights to the alphabet, and I can’t see them reshaping Washington to look like Wisconsin. There’s just nothing so unique about Washington’s logo (and thus ours), to call in the lawyers over.
2. I too think having spent $100 and getting 20 variations to consider was not a lot of money … so no crime there either.
3. While the final result is not very high tech, as others have stated, I don’t see this as a big issue, from the big picture view of WI geocaching. While I feel for the most part the old logo was “just as good”, I’m ok with the new one, if for no other reason than it hits me as a bit bolder and more noticable.
4. One good thing about the new logo, I bet it prints well on shirts and hats. I think that should be a consideration with a logo. I’ve seen some really cool logos on paper/online that just don’t work well on clothing, due to the finer details.
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