[gps-talkusers] Re: state policy

Hello, Angelo,
Well, what does one say to someone who has just called him stupid and then 
tried to back it up with all kinds of wild statements.  There is no federal 
law saying what you just claimed.

GPS systems for the blind are definitely not competatively priced.  There is 
only one operational system that I know of, and it is priced at well over 
$3000.  As for GPS for the sighted, I have a Garmin GPS-12, and bought it in 
2001.  At that time it cost me about $230 because it was the latest one out, 
and it had to compete with Magellin GPS systems.  The US government bought 
its first Magellin receivers at about $2800 each.  They were single channel 
receivers, could save about 5 routes with 20 waypoints each.  They took 
about 2 hours to get their first fix if they had been turned off for a few 
days.  The Garmin that I bought had far superior features, including 12 
channel reception, thus was much faster at getting its first fix, never more 
than 10 minutes.  I recently bought another Garmin GPS-12 for my nephew, and 
the price had gone down to $130, $100 cheaper since 2001.

I hate to tell you this, my friend, but you really should be sure you have 
all your ducks in a row and be sure of all your facts before you go telling 
anyone they are stupid.  Or, at least figure out some way to tell them they 
are wrong in a more civilized and polite way.

By the way, what is the RSA Department?  I assume that you mean Washington 
DC and not Washington State, right?  I am sure there must be an RSA 
Department, but just have never heard of it.  Does it mean Rehability 
Services of America?  I'm sure I'm wrong there.  I asked a friend to check a 
rehab center near his house.  He said that paying a bonus for saving rehab 
funds was an interesting idea, but not quite in the spirit of things, and 
probably should not be talked about.  One never knows who is listening.

Anyway, I would highly recommend that your sighted friends buy Garmin GPS 
receivers.  They are far superior to any other brands.  Although my Garmin 
GPS-12 has rather limited ability in map drawing, it has shown me the way 
home on several occasions.

Dick Myers

From: "Angelo Sonnesso" <asonnesso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: state policy
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:51:16 -0500

That is the stupidest assertion I have ever heard.
There has never been a bonus system for not spending rehab funds, and if
your state is doing that they are in violation of federal law, and should be
reported to the RSA department in Washington.
As for GPS systems for the blind, they are competitively priced with systems
designed for the sighted.
My ham friends that have purchased GPS systems report prices between
$1500.00, and $3000.00 per unit.
There certainly are cheaper alternatives, but they are not very good.



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