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GPS Experts

idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
Is there a Garmin GPS that uses the military grid reference system and also has the Hunt/Fish function?
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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    idsman, I'll do some checking for you. We don't stock but we sell Garmin. Be back later. Pel

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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I appreciate it! Thanks!
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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Would that be UTM/UPS? I am only familiar boating use, lat/long.

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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wait a minute, do you mean Loran?

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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The military grid reference system is NOT lat/long. As a matter of fact, I would not know how to describe it to someone who has never been in the military. I have no idea what the GPS manufacturers call it. I thought they called it the military grid reference system. All I know is that it recognizes military grid coordinates in the following format: AB 12345678. I am also interested in the hunt/fish feature that I believe was created by Garmin but the military grid reference is most important.
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  • cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    not for sure what military uses but i have a garmin gps 12 and that what my brother's brother in law says he uses the garmin gps 12 that you can buy at walmart. he is in natl guard with heavy artillery and he uses the garmin gps 12 which he says it is better than what they military uses .
    I asked him about what cordinates they use and he changed mine to what they use.there are many many settings to cords on mine, so many i wouldnt even guess how many. i dont have it handy to look what it is set to ...its out in the pickup which is out in the feild about 2 miles away
    doc

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  • LagoLago Member Posts: 464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This is what I could get from Garmin's web site. This is for the eTrex model and the others are probably the same. The formats are: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs, and other grids. I have a Garmin III, which is now discontinued but I would have to try to find the manual to see if it has anything on the military grid.
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  • cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i guess i had in the other pickup sitting in the yard i just looked at my garmin gps 12 and it is set for mgrs (military grid ref sys)
    doc hope that helps
    ps just finished combining wheat so got a few minutes to catch up on what been going on here


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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Twern't no MGRS when I as in. Twern't no GPS either. Damn, I'm old.

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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, I got some more time on my hands and located some different models on the "other auction site" that use the MGRS and also have the celestial tables for optimal hunting/fishing. I appreciate all of the help that you've given me. I'm looking at the "GPS V" now. It's a bit spendy but some of the extra TDY money I pick up while I'm in MO should cover it.



    SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY
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  • HappyNanoqHappyNanoq Member Posts: 12,023
    edited November -1
    Geeeeeezzz

    I just thought that GPS was a whole new digital and modern way to get lost.... seems to be more to it. =o)

    I was wondering - i believe i heard sometime, that the military scrambles the GPS signals in peacetime - something like, they don't want GPS-evolution to be too precise or something. Making the signals deviate more than it's capable of.
    I don't know if that's true.

    I hope you find what you're looking for though. =o)

    Regards
    Peter E Jeppesen
    Greenland.

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  • LagoLago Member Posts: 464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The military did have a slight error in the readings which I think was introduced during Desert Storm. Don't recall since I didn't have a GPS at that time. Anyhow, they stopped that about 2 years ago. I was surprised that it was not reintroduced again after 9/11.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Up until this point in time I have never been in the line of work with the Army where a GPS was needed. Everything had been done with map and compass without the assistance of electronic devices. Well, I was introduced to the military's GPS today. It's a cute device that's a bit overrated. Several of the people in my class informed me that a quality civilian GPS works better than the military's. The military's GPS seems a bit more indestructible though. I'm giving the military's GPS a test-run in a few weeks when I go out to the field.
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  • BoomerangBoomerang Member Posts: 4,513
    edited November -1
    Check out these two sites. Maybe they will help in your quest.

    Boomer

    http://www.gpsnow.com/


    http://gpsy.com/faq/gps-units.html



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  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Difference in the military and civilian GPS is the intermediate frequency used in the IF mixing and the number of satellites 9-12
    IF 1.6GHZ 1.9GHZ ,IN wartime a signal offsets GPS by 5 miles or more,
    sample: In the future a Base will be targeted the nuke will miss it by 5 miles, Sample: The Rayme Base In Puerto Rico the GPS offset is 5 miles south in case of war so Mayaguez City will be a direct hit for a nuke istead of redirecting it to the north (open SEA),so is so for for New York, the GPS offset takes it directly to Manhatan Island.

    So in case of any war like the GULF war ,take readings and find out the OFFSET ,is quite a criminal one redirecting the signals to civilian targets away from military ones .....

    You dont believe it?.. Drop dead,I dont give a rat rectum if you dont!

    JD

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  • 13fister13fister Member Posts: 25 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    ids,

    give me a call, or e-mail me a phone number to reach you at

    AL
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    13fister--Check your mail.

    P.S. We spent an entire day on call-for-fire (instruction then practical exercise on the simulator). An entire day spent on adjusting fire! It seemed like quite a waste.
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