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My Magellan finds caches as good as Pam's Garmin. Haven't compared it to my Oregon yet since my sister has the Magellan to "see if she likes Geocaching". What my Magellan did that pushed me away from it was acquire satellites so slowly that we sat around waiting for it to be ready to go. I heard that I should be turning it on and off in the same general area. Nope, that didn't do it. If I had to change batteries, another long wait while it acquired satellites. I wouldn't have switched to Garmin if it hadn't been for that.
There is now an attribute for caches that utilize this new device.
- Wireless Beacon
Four US caches are currently using this attribute
SBS - You're In a World of Hertz (GC2G604) by ecanderson (4/1.5)
Heard A Bird ? (GC2GRHF) by towtrkdug (5/1.5)
THE SECOND COMING (GC2FYWA) by The Late Dr HaZzMaTt (4.5/4.5)
Color in the Dotte (GC2GXN1) by KCViper295 (2/3.5)
Last edited by brdad; 10-19-2010 at 09:16 AM.
DNFTT! DNFTT! DNFTT!
"The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realize it doesn't say anything it's to late to stop reading it..."
Just smile it won't crack your face
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is
suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best
friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.
I'm so irate and discouraged at reading this thread......I'd better wait a few days to comment.
While not proprietary by manufacturer, decoding a QR code at a cache site does require special equipment which many cachers do not have. Until a few months ago, I didn't have a camera on my phone, and I do not think the one I have now is capable of decoding QR codes. And I'm not interested in QR code caches enough to find out, and those QR code caches which are puzzles on the cache page can be easily decoded online at several web sites. While I take no opposition to someone hiding a cache which requires decoding of QR codes (even at the cache site of it is so noted in the description), I would not like to see the use of QR codes implemented in all caches. I feel exactly the same way about this new Chirp.
Last edited by brdad; 10-23-2010 at 10:24 AM.
DNFTT! DNFTT! DNFTT!
"The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realize it doesn't say anything it's to late to stop reading it..."
Just smile it won't crack your face
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is
suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best
friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.