[juneau-lug] Re: Garmin Etrex GPS

  • From: Chuck Hakari <chakari@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:21:00 -0800

Kevin,

Mine is a Venture in a green case. I have been looking at Garmin's new 
GPS60c. A bit more money, but the color display and quad-helix antenna 
would be nice.


> Is it the yellow one?  There's several flavorss of the Etrex out.  The
> specs on the web page say it is waas enabled, but only show 15 meter
> accuracy.  Not sure if the web page is just out of date or what.  What
> good is waas if it's not enabled?  I definitely want the 3 meter target.
> Was out setting crab pots and we'd be in 325' of water on second, then
> in 485'.  Must be a pretty major cliff down there.  Anyway, it is easy
> to drift off the hole and back into shallow water in just a matter of a
> few meters.
>
>
>
>   
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