Barry, I use the 76S. Have had it about 7 months. Bought it to replace an
emap I busted by sitting on a rock on the north Rim. The 76S is much more
capable and versatile than most hand helds I've encountered. The compass is
dead nuts on when properly calibrated. Same with the altimeter. Mapsource
data is easily loaded. We use it for road travel as well as wilderness and
water navigation.
Its only drawback is battery life. It uses two AA cells. I use
rechargeable nickel-metal hydrides and have found they only last about 6
hours under constant use. Alkaline batteries seem to last about twice that
long. To compensate, we carry an extra set of rechargeable.
Accuracy is excellent because it can manages twelve satellites and even on
cliff sides I find that when I zero the coordinates and allow the unit to
"settle in", I look down and the cache is there at my feet. I don't know
which plug the GPS III uses but the emap used a four contact rectangular
plug whereas the 76S uses a four pin round plug, so the cables were not
interchangeable. The specs are attached.
----- Original Message -----
From: <
barry.neely@prudential.com>
To: <
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Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Garmin Customer Service
>
> One of your wishes has come true. Garmin has a unit called iQ3600 that is
> both a Palm based PDA and a build in GPS. I have been looking to replace
my
> Garmin III+. And the 3600 was an option. The problem that I see is that
one
> fall out on the trail and I would be in trouble. So now I am looking at
the
> 76S. It has some very nice functions and I can still use all of my
> MapSource software. I even think that I can use the car power cable that I
> got for my III+.
>
> Anyone out there like to add their $.02 about the 76S?
>
> Barry
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> Larry H <friared1@yahoo.com>
> To:
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> Monday November 17, 2003 01:54 PM
> Please respond to listserv
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> --- RopingThe Wind <arizcowboy@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone out there have the new Garmin IQue3600
> > GPS/PDA? Curious to here
> > some reviews from the geocaching community as I
> > would love to upgrade to
> > that from my Palm M130!
>
> I use an M130 also, the only problem is holding it AND
> the GPS AND digital camera AND cache trinkets. If I
> could combine the GPS and PDA, that would be great.
>
> Back to the pricing issue with GPSr's vs FRS radios:
> Radio technology has been around for decades. FRS
> radios are using old technology, just with new bells
> and whistles (and a specific frequency band). GPSr's
> use (relatively) new technology compared to radio.
>
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