hi, i've thrown my majellon 310 and sportrek in my pool to see how they floated. they are definitely water proof. i would not do the same with the earthmate. (smile) -- Chris G <chrisg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:17:37 -0700 Michael May <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: MM> Peggy, MM> MM> The Magellan receivers are very water proof. The Earthmate receivers are MM> less water proof but a bit of rain shouldn't hurt them. I had the receiver MM> and PK under my jacket and you could do the same with the BrailleNote and MM> serial Earthmate assuming you had a somewhat loose jacket. The receiver MM> picks up fine through material like a jacket or within a backpack. MM> MM> Mike MM> At 11:55 AM 4/28/2005, you wrote: MM> >Michael, you told how to keep the BrailleNote (or in your case the PK) MM> >dry, but what about the receiver? I imagine it was still on your MM> >shoulder. Is it okay if a receiver gets wet? Or perhaps you were wearing MM> >it under your hat, as you told us at the CCB convention? But what about MM> >those of us who don't have wireless receivers or PK's? Any comments or MM> >recommendations? <smile> MM> > MM> >Peggy MM> > MM> >At 10:41 AM 4/28/2005, you wrote: MM> >>Situation 11 MM> >>I was headed to a hospital in San Francisco to visit my mother, which I MM> >>had never been to before. I had several public transportation options and MM> >>it was raining hard. MM> >> MM> >>Question 11 MM> >>What transportation would get me most efficiently to the hospital and how MM> >>would I navigate on the street without getting the BrailleNote wet? MM> >> MM> >>Answer 11 MM> >>I set the hospital's address, 45 Castro Street, as a virtual location. MM> >> From Virtual mode and I searched for the nearest POI in the Train MM> >>category. The 16th and Mission BART station was closest. I knew that a MM> >>taxi ride from the Amtrak stop would be expensive so I took Amtrak to MM> >>Richmond and switched to BART there. I pulled up the BART stations from a MM> >>route file I had previously created and counted the number of stops since MM> >>I couldn't hear them being announced MM> >> MM> >>I ended up with a 1.3 mile walk from the BART stop to the hospital and MM> >>partially up hill. I jumped on the first bus that came along and asked MM> >>the driver to drop me off as close to my destination as possible, which MM> >>turned out to be about 6 blocks from the hospital. The GPS was tracking MM> >>great, even inside the bus and it was easy to see I was getting closer MM> >>and where to get off the bus. MM> >> MM> >>When I got off the bus it was poring rain so I stepped into a doorway to MM> >>explore my remaining route to the hospital. I set my Explore position to MM> >>my GPS position with Chord G. I then set a route to my destination and MM> >>studied the route. I learned that I had 5 streets to cross on my side of MM> >>Duboce street before I reached Castro. I did this simply by advancing MM> >>from block to block with the Chord dots 2356 on the PK. I then pressed M MM> >>for Multiple repeat and D for destination. I turned the volume up and MM> >>zipped the PK inside my jacket. I knew to count 5 blocks and I could just MM> >>hear the PK talking inside my jacket, protected from the rain. MM> >> MM> >>Besides hearing my destination announced, each intersection was announced MM> >>as I approached it. Once I heard that friendly announcement that I had MM> >>reached my destination, the tricky part was finding the correct entrance MM> >>to the hospital. For the first time on this trip, I asked a sighted MM> >>person for directions. Before going inside, I marked the entrance as a MM> >>POI for future reference. When I walked into my mother's room, I felt MM> >>like a little kid, fitting a puzzle together as the last piece snapped MM> >>into place. MM> >> MM> >> MM> >> MM> >> MM> >> MM> >> MM> >>Michael G. May MM> >> MM> >>CEO Sendero Group MM> >> MM> >>Developers and distributors of BrailleNote GPS MM> >>Distributing BrailleNote, VoiceNote, Miniguide, The Tissot Silen-T MM> >>tactile watch, Talks cell phone software and the ID Mate, bar code reader MM> >> MM> >>MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx MM> >>http://www.SenderoGroup.com MM> >> MM> >>(1-888-757-6810, Fax (530) 757-6830, Mobile (530) 304-0007 MM> >>Sendero Group, LLC MM> >>1118 Maple Lane, Davis, CA 95616-1723, USA MM> >> MM> >>Latitude, 38 33 9.239 North MM> >>Longitude, 121 45 40.145 West MM> >> MM> >> MM> > MM> >mailto:kernsac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx MM> >http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac MM> >MSN Messenger kernsac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx MM> > MM> MM> MM> -- Chris G <chrisg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>