Scott writes- >Maybe the reason Oscar is having difficulties, is because he's switched >continents
Never said I was having difficulties. I haven't switched continents, either (only time I've left this continent in 53 years was to go to Tahiti, but sure didn't fly the Super Cub, Pietenpol, or C172!) >Oscar may need to update his service to change which satellites his GPS is >"reading" from. No, it reads just fine. All I was offering was my observations on buying a non-aviation handheld GPS based on what I found out about the cheapie units. I've flown with my Magellan GPS 2000 which is admittedly a very low-end "where is my campsite?" unit, but it truly amazed me the first few times I used it after being a VOR-head for many years. I didn't notice much, if any, lag in the updates but I also never intended to use it for IFR work or for primary navigation in a fast airplane. In the Super Cub or Skyhawk, it was like a magical new "all-in-one" VOR/DME/ADF/RNAV unit, and it put me spot-on to anyplace I programmed into it. Nowadays, however, I would definitely save my pennies and get a Garmin GPS 196. Incredible piece of equipment. Oscar Zuniga San Antonio, TX mailto: taildr...@hotmail.com website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
