I've decided on the GPS model I want

**SupremeSpod** · 24 August 2005, 16:22

Originally posted by OwlHoot

Drool

http://www.rockwellcollins.com/ecat/...html?smenu=104

http://army-gps.robins.af.mil/UE/dagr.html

Trouble is "each unit [shipped?] must have written approval from Joint Program Office, USAF", and worse still it doesn't appear to have a USB or bluetooth interface.

Anyone know any US squaddies who might be bribed to sell one on the quiet?

553996N120988E

Hmmmm, I wonder who could live there then...

**GiGo** · 24 August 2005, 18:13

Garmin 76CS is the answer to life the universe and everything. Awesome.

**n5gooner** · 24 August 2005, 18:44

I have an early Garman 12 - still going strong - still with a warning saying to be careful not to take to some Middle East countries, as they would think you were plotting bomb sites!

**wxman** · 24 August 2005, 19:12

I use a lot of GPS devices (currently 5) but I have aways gone with the cheap "mouse" type GPS (£60) that connects to my laptop, Baron, TomTom, Boltec, APRS Radio.

**Joe Bloggs** · 24 August 2005, 19:28

Garmin 76CS

GiGo, Was just going to say the same thing

So lets see what you get for the money:

Garmin GPS 76CS
Channels: 12
Acquisition Time (hot): 15
Acquisition Time (cold): 45
Waypoints: 1000
Reversible Routes: 50
Weight: 7.6oz
Power: 2 X AA (20 hours)
Connectivity: USB
Memory: 115 Mb
Battery Backup: not required (Flash Memory)
Display : 1.5" W X 2.2" H colour
Accuracy (Gps): < 15m
Dgps: < 3 - 5m
Velocity: 0.05 m/sec
Dynamics: 6g
Extras: Elec Compass, Barometric Altimeter

Cost: $420 - 589

DAGR
Channels: 12
Acquisition Time (hot): 10
Acquisition Time (cold): 100
Waypoints: 999
Reversible Routes: 15
Weight: 15oz
Power: 4 X AA (14 hours)
Connectivity: RS-232
Memory: 32 Mb
Battery Backup: 3.6 Vdc lithium
Display: 1.7" H X 2.3" W B/W
Accuracy (Gps): < 10 (PPS)
Dgps: < 2.28 - 4.82m
Velocity: 0.4 m/sec
Dynamics: 2.5g
Extras: Inertial Navigation, Anti-Spoofing

Cost: $2300

"DAGR costs about five times more than equivalent civilian models"

**scotspine** · 24 August 2005, 20:09

where are you guys planning on going that you reckon you'll get lost? 500 miles into the interior of the gobi? trans-sahara? what's wrong with a map? did nobody else here join the scouts? or has wokingham to wapping suddenly become dangerous?

**n5gooner** · 25 August 2005, 06:37

oh but when driving through city’s that you are unfamiliar with, especially foreign ones when on a jolly a GPS is a god send!

**Churchill** · 25 August 2005, 07:15

Originally posted by n5gooner

oh but when driving through city’s that you are unfamiliar with, especially foreign ones when on a jolly a GPS is a god send!

Now, now, a bloke is never lost! Also, there's no such thing as a "god".

Churchill - In "talking dog" mode!

**Lucifer Box** · 25 August 2005, 07:56

Originally posted by Churchill

Now, now, a bloke is never lost! Also, there's no such thing as a "god".

The Flying Spaghetti Monster (praise be His name) excepted of coures.

I've decided on the GPS model I want