Maybe he doesn't want to waste more money than absolutely necessary
on an ancient requirement that should have been abolished more than
ten years ago?
It isn't as if it is going to get actually used or be useful.
How many people still carry a paper map? Without one the compass is
pointless in the event of total electrics failure, which in itself is
highly unlikely given most GPS units/tablets have internal batteries
and a smartphone makes fine backup given you are probably carrying one anyway.
I have 4, independent, battery backed nav systems in the BD-4.
If the GPS system goes down, getting lost is the least of your
problems. I can think of only two scenarios - hostile action
(probably nuclear war) or a Carrington event. In any case over the
next few years we will be talking around 100 GNSS satellites from
several independent systems. GPS/Glonass receivers are commonly
available and GPS/Glonass/Galileo/Beidou/QZSS are increasingly available.
Mike
At 03:13 PM 8/17/2016, you wrote:
Hi Ron
Why would you want a second hand one? a new one (copy) is only about $200.00
Chris Runeckles
On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Ron Sanders
<<mailto:resand...@gmail.com>resand...@gmail.com> wrote:
Anybody got an old one of these laying around?
Ron Sanders
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