[Aus-soaring] Garmin 196

2005-03-08 Thread Bob Jenneson
Hi All,     Does anybody know if a Garmin 196 encodes altitude into the memory when recoding a track?   Thanks, Bob Jenneson. ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.

RE: [Aus-soaring] Garmin 196

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Horton
Title: Message Presumably you mean whether it stores altitude information in the internal track log.  No it doesn't; not that I'm aware of.  If you need to store altitude information you'd need some sort of data logger that accepts NMEA sentences that the GPS data comes in.  The 196 can outpu

Re: [Aus-soaring] Still quiet in here

2005-03-08 Thread Mike Borgelt
Anyone know the outcomes of the IGC meeting last weekend? Garmin had a presentation on using commercial GPS units for flight recording and the site of the 2008 World's was to be decided. Corowa had applied. Mike Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments phone Int'l + 61 7

Re: [Aus-soaring] Still quiet in here

2005-03-08 Thread Nick Gilbert
I asked the same question on the Rec.Aviation.Soaring newsgroup. Apparently the World, Club & Std Class part will be held in Rieti, and the 15m, Open, & 18m part will be held in Germany. Nick. - Original Message - From: "Mike Borgelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discus

[Aus-soaring] BORING in California

2005-03-08 Thread Mark Newton
Internode sent me to the US to set up our international gateway networks last month. I took a week and a half of leave at the end of it (why waste it when someone else paid the airfares? :-) and took the opportunity to do a bit of touring around the Western USA and British Columbia in Canada. My f

[Aus-soaring] Huge thermal in Oregon!

2005-03-08 Thread Mark Newton
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12491071%255E1702,00.html I tried an internal modem,[EMAIL PROTECTED] but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton - Vo

Re: [Aus-soaring] BORING in California

2005-03-08 Thread Boyd Munro
Mark, thank you for sharing this wonderful story with us. I rather liked the detailed explanation of "one gets what one pays for", and the best bit was the innovative method of de-icing. Boyd Munro - Original Message - From: "Mark Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues r