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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I don’t know too much about them. I have one temporarily that was sent to me by a woman who is hiking The Colorado Trail this summer and was having trouble setting it up. I think it is almost perfect for a hiking GPS. Small, light, not too fancy, and fairly cheap compared to some of them. It is the first recreational GPS+Glonass to come along. Glonass is the Russian GPS system which is similar to the American one. We have GPS+Glonass on our main mapping gps and it is awesome. Basically, you have twice as many satellites available so you don’t have as many problems from obstructions. Works way better in big trees and deep canyons. I tested this one on our local trig station and it was a bit over 4 meters off in real time. That’s good for a recreational GPS. (Our main unit is accurate to about ½ meter but it weighs a couple of pounds.) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>BTW, I had no problems setting it up. It holds up to 2,000 waypoints so I was able to put the entire CT in there with room to spare. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Frank Gilliland (on this forum) has one and is using it this summer. He has been tinkering with it for a while now and knows much more about them than I do. Frank?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jerry Brown<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:bcss@bresnan.net"><span style='color:blue'>mailto:bcss@bresnan.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="www.bearcreeksurvey.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.bearcreeksurvey.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Andrew James [mailto:longhiker.pct@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 18, 2012 3:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> bcss@bresnan.net<br><b>Cc:</b> cdt-l@backcountry.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cdt-l] Gentle Reminder<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Well said.<br><br>Never knew the Etrex was that light. Do you have one? Would you recommend it? <br><br>AJ<br><br>On Sunday, March 18, 2012, <<a href="mailto:bcss@bresnan.net">bcss@bresnan.net</a>> wrote:<br>> I have lots of flagging laying around and I just weighed a roll of it. A single roll weighs 4-1/2 ounces, which is exactly what a Garmin E-trex 30 with batteries weighs. You can load the entire CDT waypoint database into the Etrex, including the confusing and, or, unmarked turns. Like flagging without the mess. <br>><br>> <br>><br>> best wishes,<br>><br>> <br>><br>> Jerry Brown<br>><br>><br>> mailto:<a href="mailto:bcss@bresnan.net">bcss@bresnan.net</a><br>><br>> <a href="http://www.bearcreeksurvey.com">www.bearcreeksurvey.com</a><br>><br>> <br>><br>> From: <a href="mailto:cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net">cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net">cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net</a>] On Behalf Of Brian Dickson<br>> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 2:52 PM<br>> To: <a href="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net">cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br>> Subject: [Cdt-l] Fw: Gentle Reminder<br>><br>> <br>><br>> Its not 'grating and offensive' Lynne, I just don't happen to agree!<br>><br>> <br>><br>> brian <br>><br>> <br>><br>> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br>> From: lynne whelden <<a href="mailto:lwgear@juno.com">lwgear@juno.com</a>><br>> To: <a href="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net">cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br>> Sent: Sunday, 18 March 2012, 20:17<br>> Subject: [Cdt-l] Gentle Reminder<br>><br>> Amazing how one man's gentle reminder is grating and offensive to another man. I learned long ago that I can't please everybody. My only hope is that what I'm suggesting will resonate with some one who will then actually do it. I'm also assuming that not everyone reads every list email so an occasional (this is, what, the third email in the past 3 months?) reminder is in order.<br>> Call it gross, call it pollution, call it litter, call it a blaze.<br>> I call it the elite 1% responding to the needs of the 99% who wouldn't even consider hiking the CDT otherwise. If I didn't care, I wouldn't bother writing.<br>> lynne whelden<br>> <a href="http://lwgear.com">lwgear.com</a><br>><br>> ____________________________________________________________<br>> 57 Year Old Looks 27<br>> Local Woman Reveals Wrinkle Secret That Has Doctors Angry.<br>> <a href="http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f66430878cce224109bst03vuc">http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f66430878cce224109bst03vuc</a><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Cdt-l mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Cdt-l@backcountry.net">Cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br>> <a href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l">http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l</a><br>><br>> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>