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General => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: Bill Smithson on February 07, 2013, 09:45:20 PM

Title: Hello, My name is Bill, and I get a 'mite confused' at times.
Post by: Bill Smithson on February 07, 2013, 09:45:20 PM
Hi, I'm Bill, and I've been walking up and down hills since 1972. I learnt map and compass work in the Army, and did my summer and winter ML ( do they still exist?) in 1995-97. I have found myself recently getting a tad nonchalant with my navigation, and so need to brush up my skills. As a result, at the grand old age of 54 I have purchased a GPS - ( OK Lyle, a GNSS)- a Garmin Oregon 450. I know it looks a lot better than the Military  GPS (a Garmin 12) I used in Canada, but please don't tell me it's cr*p!

Any advice , help with GNSS will be appreciated,

Cheers,

Bill
Title: Re: Hello, My name is Bill, and I get a 'mite confused' at times.
Post by: Barry G on February 08, 2013, 01:48:41 AM
Hi Bill and welcome to the forum. My name is Barry and I live just below you in Albany, New York. Actually, I only jointed the forum several months ago and recently purchased a Garmin Etrex H and had no idea how they worked until Lyle and a bunch of these forum guys jumped in and helped me live through the ordeal of using it. These guys know what their doing. So, again welcome.

Barry
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Post by: Lyle Brotherton on February 08, 2013, 05:50:57 AM
Hi Bill and welcome aboard  :)

Your Oregon 450 is 100 x better than the military version you were using, which is now in the Smithsonian Museum ;)

I suggest you start by checking out the videos in the Video Learning Centre at www.micronavigation.com

Plus download the 6 page article I wrote for Trail Magazine,  you will find this in the Resource Centre. 
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Post by: boogyman on February 08, 2013, 06:48:17 PM
A welcome from this belgian member too, Bill !
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Post by: Skills4Survival on February 08, 2013, 11:40:42 PM
Welcome Bill, from the Netherlands !
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Post by: Lost Soul on February 09, 2013, 08:20:24 AM
As we are being geographical then welcome from Sussex to great forum.
Title: Re: Hello, My name is Bill, and I get a 'mite confused' at times.
Post by: Pete McK on February 10, 2013, 10:20:18 AM
Hi Bill from the jewel of England, the Lake District:)

We were completely new to satnav before buying the UNM, downloading the PDF files, and this, combined with the brilliant help from members of this forum, set us on the right track.
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Post by: Callum on February 13, 2013, 02:51:59 PM
Welcome Bill, you will find lots of good stuff here :)