Hi Zack! > What is this 'GPSMAP76S'??? If I am understanding correctly, it plots grids > on the GPS screen? If so, is this software or a separate GPS receiver? I > have a Garmin Venture HC, would it be applicable to it? It would be a lot > easier to look down and see what grid you are in on the display rather than > calculate it using lat/lon.
The Garmin GPSMAP 76S is a discontinued GPS receiver: https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=183 I can make its main display show either my latitude/longitude or a grid locator. No need to convert latitude/longitude to grids or vice versa. Many Garmin GPS units, and some from other manufacturers, have this functionality. In a quick scan of the PDF manual for your Venture HC GPS, the word "Maidenhead" - the fornal name of the grid-locator system - did not appear. It doesn't look like you can make your GPS display the grid locators directly. It does have a screen where it shows the latitude/longitude and accuracy figure, so it could be used if you took the pictures to document your location on a grid boundary or 4-grid intersection. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
