GPS
01-13-2004, 04:33 PM
#101
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Re: GPS
Even better, get the cigarette lighter adaptor.
"JimG" <jimg@cj7_2muchspam.com> wrote in message
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> Yea... take extra batteries!
> :-)
> JimG
>
> "Ahoyskpr" <ahoyskpr@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20040109214541.19959.00002013@mb-m01.aol.com...
> > Just a thought...I have a Garmin RINO 120 that I typically use for
Search
> and
> > Rescue but also keep handy in my TJ. The beauty of the 120 is that it
has
> a
> > FRS/GMRS radio built in. And...it can send your position to another
jeeper
> on
> > demand. Just the ticket for desert crossings. Whatever you get remember
> that it
> > is only a backup to your hardcore map and compass knowledge. Don't get
> caught
> > in the boonies with dead GPS batteries!!!! BJ
>
>
"JimG" <jimg@cj7_2muchspam.com> wrote in message
news:ITJLb.36326$Tk1.35006@news01.roc.ny...
> Yea... take extra batteries!
> :-)
> JimG
>
> "Ahoyskpr" <ahoyskpr@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20040109214541.19959.00002013@mb-m01.aol.com...
> > Just a thought...I have a Garmin RINO 120 that I typically use for
Search
> and
> > Rescue but also keep handy in my TJ. The beauty of the 120 is that it
has
> a
> > FRS/GMRS radio built in. And...it can send your position to another
jeeper
> on
> > demand. Just the ticket for desert crossings. Whatever you get remember
> that it
> > is only a backup to your hardcore map and compass knowledge. Don't get
> caught
> > in the boonies with dead GPS batteries!!!! BJ
>
>
01-13-2004, 04:33 PM
#102
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Re: GPS
Even better, get the cigarette lighter adaptor.
"JimG" <jimg@cj7_2muchspam.com> wrote in message
news:ITJLb.36326$Tk1.35006@news01.roc.ny...
> Yea... take extra batteries!
> :-)
> JimG
>
> "Ahoyskpr" <ahoyskpr@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20040109214541.19959.00002013@mb-m01.aol.com...
> > Just a thought...I have a Garmin RINO 120 that I typically use for
Search
> and
> > Rescue but also keep handy in my TJ. The beauty of the 120 is that it
has
> a
> > FRS/GMRS radio built in. And...it can send your position to another
jeeper
> on
> > demand. Just the ticket for desert crossings. Whatever you get remember
> that it
> > is only a backup to your hardcore map and compass knowledge. Don't get
> caught
> > in the boonies with dead GPS batteries!!!! BJ
>
>
"JimG" <jimg@cj7_2muchspam.com> wrote in message
news:ITJLb.36326$Tk1.35006@news01.roc.ny...
> Yea... take extra batteries!
> :-)
> JimG
>
> "Ahoyskpr" <ahoyskpr@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20040109214541.19959.00002013@mb-m01.aol.com...
> > Just a thought...I have a Garmin RINO 120 that I typically use for
Search
> and
> > Rescue but also keep handy in my TJ. The beauty of the 120 is that it
has
> a
> > FRS/GMRS radio built in. And...it can send your position to another
jeeper
> on
> > demand. Just the ticket for desert crossings. Whatever you get remember
> that it
> > is only a backup to your hardcore map and compass knowledge. Don't get
> caught
> > in the boonies with dead GPS batteries!!!! BJ
>
>
01-13-2004, 04:33 PM
#103
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Re: GPS
Even better, get the cigarette lighter adaptor.
"JimG" <jimg@cj7_2muchspam.com> wrote in message
news:ITJLb.36326$Tk1.35006@news01.roc.ny...
> Yea... take extra batteries!
> :-)
> JimG
>
> "Ahoyskpr" <ahoyskpr@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20040109214541.19959.00002013@mb-m01.aol.com...
> > Just a thought...I have a Garmin RINO 120 that I typically use for
Search
> and
> > Rescue but also keep handy in my TJ. The beauty of the 120 is that it
has
> a
> > FRS/GMRS radio built in. And...it can send your position to another
jeeper
> on
> > demand. Just the ticket for desert crossings. Whatever you get remember
> that it
> > is only a backup to your hardcore map and compass knowledge. Don't get
> caught
> > in the boonies with dead GPS batteries!!!! BJ
>
>
"JimG" <jimg@cj7_2muchspam.com> wrote in message
news:ITJLb.36326$Tk1.35006@news01.roc.ny...
> Yea... take extra batteries!
> :-)
> JimG
>
> "Ahoyskpr" <ahoyskpr@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20040109214541.19959.00002013@mb-m01.aol.com...
> > Just a thought...I have a Garmin RINO 120 that I typically use for
Search
> and
> > Rescue but also keep handy in my TJ. The beauty of the 120 is that it
has
> a
> > FRS/GMRS radio built in. And...it can send your position to another
jeeper
> on
> > demand. Just the ticket for desert crossings. Whatever you get remember
> that it
> > is only a backup to your hardcore map and compass knowledge. Don't get
> caught
> > in the boonies with dead GPS batteries!!!! BJ
>
>
01-13-2004, 04:36 PM
#104
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Re: GPS
Is that like the guy that painted WELCOME TO CHICAGO on the roof of his barn
in Nevada.
"Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
news:_VLLb.50507$gN.44803@fed1read05...
> Del, on the second leg of my final x-country flight a dozen years ago, I
was
> supposed to land at Barstow airport out in the southern California desert.
> I naturally wasn't exactly sure of where I was at all times but I managed
to
> get to what I thought was Barstow and I landed at the nearly deserted and
> mostly inactive airport. I walked into the office and the long-haired
> desert rat sitting behind the desk saw me, saw my pilot's log book marking
> me as a student pilot, and gave me a big 'Howdy, welcome to Yermo
Airport!"
> I about fell through the floor thinking I had mis-navigated and he had me
> going about how Barstow was 'up yonder that-away about 22 miles, how'd you
> miss it? kind of stuff. I finally caught on and figured he pulls that on
> ever student pilot... his only entertainment at that god-forsaken airport.
> :)
>
> Jerry
> --
> Jerry Bransford
> To email, remove 'me' from my email address
> KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> See the Geezer Jeep at
> http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
> "Del Rawlins" <del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org> wrote in message
> news:20040109193155622-0900@news.newsguy.com...
> > On 09 Jan 2004 05:58 PM, JimG posted the following:
> > > Yea... take extra batteries!
> >
> > When I took flight lessons to get my private pilot certificate, my
> > brother loaned me his fancy aviation handheld GPS to carry on cross
> > country flights just in case I got lost (like he did as a student
pilot).
> > Before one of my solo XC flights, my instructor was briefing me
> > including reviewing lost procedures. He asked what I would do if I got
> > lost, and I reached into my bag and pulled out the handy GPS unit. Then
> > he asks what I will do when the batteries died, and I pulled out the
> > extra batteries. 8^) I never needed to use that sucker but I was glad
> > to have it there.
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Del Rawlins- del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org
> > Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
> > Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website:
> > http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/
>
>
in Nevada.
"Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
news:_VLLb.50507$gN.44803@fed1read05...
> Del, on the second leg of my final x-country flight a dozen years ago, I
was
> supposed to land at Barstow airport out in the southern California desert.
> I naturally wasn't exactly sure of where I was at all times but I managed
to
> get to what I thought was Barstow and I landed at the nearly deserted and
> mostly inactive airport. I walked into the office and the long-haired
> desert rat sitting behind the desk saw me, saw my pilot's log book marking
> me as a student pilot, and gave me a big 'Howdy, welcome to Yermo
Airport!"
> I about fell through the floor thinking I had mis-navigated and he had me
> going about how Barstow was 'up yonder that-away about 22 miles, how'd you
> miss it? kind of stuff. I finally caught on and figured he pulls that on
> ever student pilot... his only entertainment at that god-forsaken airport.
> :)
>
> Jerry
> --
> Jerry Bransford
> To email, remove 'me' from my email address
> KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> See the Geezer Jeep at
> http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
> "Del Rawlins" <del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org> wrote in message
> news:20040109193155622-0900@news.newsguy.com...
> > On 09 Jan 2004 05:58 PM, JimG posted the following:
> > > Yea... take extra batteries!
> >
> > When I took flight lessons to get my private pilot certificate, my
> > brother loaned me his fancy aviation handheld GPS to carry on cross
> > country flights just in case I got lost (like he did as a student
pilot).
> > Before one of my solo XC flights, my instructor was briefing me
> > including reviewing lost procedures. He asked what I would do if I got
> > lost, and I reached into my bag and pulled out the handy GPS unit. Then
> > he asks what I will do when the batteries died, and I pulled out the
> > extra batteries. 8^) I never needed to use that sucker but I was glad
> > to have it there.
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Del Rawlins- del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org
> > Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
> > Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website:
> > http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/
>
>
01-13-2004, 04:36 PM
#105
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Posts: n/a
Re: GPS
Is that like the guy that painted WELCOME TO CHICAGO on the roof of his barn
in Nevada.
"Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
news:_VLLb.50507$gN.44803@fed1read05...
> Del, on the second leg of my final x-country flight a dozen years ago, I
was
> supposed to land at Barstow airport out in the southern California desert.
> I naturally wasn't exactly sure of where I was at all times but I managed
to
> get to what I thought was Barstow and I landed at the nearly deserted and
> mostly inactive airport. I walked into the office and the long-haired
> desert rat sitting behind the desk saw me, saw my pilot's log book marking
> me as a student pilot, and gave me a big 'Howdy, welcome to Yermo
Airport!"
> I about fell through the floor thinking I had mis-navigated and he had me
> going about how Barstow was 'up yonder that-away about 22 miles, how'd you
> miss it? kind of stuff. I finally caught on and figured he pulls that on
> ever student pilot... his only entertainment at that god-forsaken airport.
> :)
>
> Jerry
> --
> Jerry Bransford
> To email, remove 'me' from my email address
> KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> See the Geezer Jeep at
> http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
> "Del Rawlins" <del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org> wrote in message
> news:20040109193155622-0900@news.newsguy.com...
> > On 09 Jan 2004 05:58 PM, JimG posted the following:
> > > Yea... take extra batteries!
> >
> > When I took flight lessons to get my private pilot certificate, my
> > brother loaned me his fancy aviation handheld GPS to carry on cross
> > country flights just in case I got lost (like he did as a student
pilot).
> > Before one of my solo XC flights, my instructor was briefing me
> > including reviewing lost procedures. He asked what I would do if I got
> > lost, and I reached into my bag and pulled out the handy GPS unit. Then
> > he asks what I will do when the batteries died, and I pulled out the
> > extra batteries. 8^) I never needed to use that sucker but I was glad
> > to have it there.
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Del Rawlins- del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org
> > Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
> > Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website:
> > http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/
>
>
in Nevada.
"Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
news:_VLLb.50507$gN.44803@fed1read05...
> Del, on the second leg of my final x-country flight a dozen years ago, I
was
> supposed to land at Barstow airport out in the southern California desert.
> I naturally wasn't exactly sure of where I was at all times but I managed
to
> get to what I thought was Barstow and I landed at the nearly deserted and
> mostly inactive airport. I walked into the office and the long-haired
> desert rat sitting behind the desk saw me, saw my pilot's log book marking
> me as a student pilot, and gave me a big 'Howdy, welcome to Yermo
Airport!"
> I about fell through the floor thinking I had mis-navigated and he had me
> going about how Barstow was 'up yonder that-away about 22 miles, how'd you
> miss it? kind of stuff. I finally caught on and figured he pulls that on
> ever student pilot... his only entertainment at that god-forsaken airport.
> :)
>
> Jerry
> --
> Jerry Bransford
> To email, remove 'me' from my email address
> KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> See the Geezer Jeep at
> http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
> "Del Rawlins" <del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org> wrote in message
> news:20040109193155622-0900@news.newsguy.com...
> > On 09 Jan 2004 05:58 PM, JimG posted the following:
> > > Yea... take extra batteries!
> >
> > When I took flight lessons to get my private pilot certificate, my
> > brother loaned me his fancy aviation handheld GPS to carry on cross
> > country flights just in case I got lost (like he did as a student
pilot).
> > Before one of my solo XC flights, my instructor was briefing me
> > including reviewing lost procedures. He asked what I would do if I got
> > lost, and I reached into my bag and pulled out the handy GPS unit. Then
> > he asks what I will do when the batteries died, and I pulled out the
> > extra batteries. 8^) I never needed to use that sucker but I was glad
> > to have it there.
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Del Rawlins- del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org
> > Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
> > Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website:
> > http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/
>
>
01-13-2004, 04:36 PM
#106
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Posts: n/a
Re: GPS
Is that like the guy that painted WELCOME TO CHICAGO on the roof of his barn
in Nevada.
"Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
news:_VLLb.50507$gN.44803@fed1read05...
> Del, on the second leg of my final x-country flight a dozen years ago, I
was
> supposed to land at Barstow airport out in the southern California desert.
> I naturally wasn't exactly sure of where I was at all times but I managed
to
> get to what I thought was Barstow and I landed at the nearly deserted and
> mostly inactive airport. I walked into the office and the long-haired
> desert rat sitting behind the desk saw me, saw my pilot's log book marking
> me as a student pilot, and gave me a big 'Howdy, welcome to Yermo
Airport!"
> I about fell through the floor thinking I had mis-navigated and he had me
> going about how Barstow was 'up yonder that-away about 22 miles, how'd you
> miss it? kind of stuff. I finally caught on and figured he pulls that on
> ever student pilot... his only entertainment at that god-forsaken airport.
> :)
>
> Jerry
> --
> Jerry Bransford
> To email, remove 'me' from my email address
> KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> See the Geezer Jeep at
> http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
> "Del Rawlins" <del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org> wrote in message
> news:20040109193155622-0900@news.newsguy.com...
> > On 09 Jan 2004 05:58 PM, JimG posted the following:
> > > Yea... take extra batteries!
> >
> > When I took flight lessons to get my private pilot certificate, my
> > brother loaned me his fancy aviation handheld GPS to carry on cross
> > country flights just in case I got lost (like he did as a student
pilot).
> > Before one of my solo XC flights, my instructor was briefing me
> > including reviewing lost procedures. He asked what I would do if I got
> > lost, and I reached into my bag and pulled out the handy GPS unit. Then
> > he asks what I will do when the batteries died, and I pulled out the
> > extra batteries. 8^) I never needed to use that sucker but I was glad
> > to have it there.
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Del Rawlins- del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org
> > Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
> > Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website:
> > http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/
>
>
in Nevada.
"Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
news:_VLLb.50507$gN.44803@fed1read05...
> Del, on the second leg of my final x-country flight a dozen years ago, I
was
> supposed to land at Barstow airport out in the southern California desert.
> I naturally wasn't exactly sure of where I was at all times but I managed
to
> get to what I thought was Barstow and I landed at the nearly deserted and
> mostly inactive airport. I walked into the office and the long-haired
> desert rat sitting behind the desk saw me, saw my pilot's log book marking
> me as a student pilot, and gave me a big 'Howdy, welcome to Yermo
Airport!"
> I about fell through the floor thinking I had mis-navigated and he had me
> going about how Barstow was 'up yonder that-away about 22 miles, how'd you
> miss it? kind of stuff. I finally caught on and figured he pulls that on
> ever student pilot... his only entertainment at that god-forsaken airport.
> :)
>
> Jerry
> --
> Jerry Bransford
> To email, remove 'me' from my email address
> KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> See the Geezer Jeep at
> http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
> "Del Rawlins" <del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org> wrote in message
> news:20040109193155622-0900@news.newsguy.com...
> > On 09 Jan 2004 05:58 PM, JimG posted the following:
> > > Yea... take extra batteries!
> >
> > When I took flight lessons to get my private pilot certificate, my
> > brother loaned me his fancy aviation handheld GPS to carry on cross
> > country flights just in case I got lost (like he did as a student
pilot).
> > Before one of my solo XC flights, my instructor was briefing me
> > including reviewing lost procedures. He asked what I would do if I got
> > lost, and I reached into my bag and pulled out the handy GPS unit. Then
> > he asks what I will do when the batteries died, and I pulled out the
> > extra batteries. 8^) I never needed to use that sucker but I was glad
> > to have it there.
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Del Rawlins- del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org
> > Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
> > Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website:
> > http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/
>
>
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