New, Updated, and Interesting Items
on Joe and Jack's Website
for July, 1999
20 July 1999
Garmin Signal Strength Bars: This article has been completely rewritten, including corrections, and additional informtion. Under: Hardware FAQs.
National Products (dba RAM): who have an extensive line of automotive, boat, aircraft, etc mounting kits suitable for mounting GPS receivers, cellphones and such to vehicle dashboards and such. Under: Links to GPS Hardware and Software Products
1999 UK Turning Point Book: "Turning Points" used for glider and ultra light SOARING in Britain has been added to the waypoint links. Under: Geography, etc. - Waypoints Lists (Links).

11 July 1999
Warm Start/Cold Start: A explanation on how to interpret Garmin signal strength bars. Also explanation of how Garmin interprets "warm start" and "cold start". Under: Hardware FAQs.
French User Grids: New information (previously posted on the newsgroup) about setting up user grids for two french map versions. Under: Geography, etc. - User Grids.

8 July 1999
Comparison of Delorme Topo USA 2.0 with Garmin USA Topo map CD:
showing mainly the difference in the contour interval of the two maps. Updated to include an area which has depth contours and screen shots of that area from the GM-100 and the G-III+. Under: Hardware and Software Reviews.

7 July 1999
The Waypoints Lists (Links) has been updated to include Hans-Georg Michna's page containing waypoints for German airports and all important airports and a few driving routes in Kenya and surrounding areas. Under: Geography, etc.

6 July 1999
Dale DePriest has updated his manual on Working with Garmin Receivers
There is a new chapter on getting an intitial fix and updates to the waypoint and route chapters.

4 July 1999
User Grids - The Start of a Small Collection:
Now contains a new explanation of Garmin User Grids by Peter H. Dana - Department of Geography - University of Texas at Austin. Under: Geography, etc.

1 July 1999
Dale DePriest has updated his article Comparing the Garmin 12 to the Magellan 315.
SA Watch version 3.40 fixes a long standing problem that caused SA Watch
to fail with a "runtime error" if the logging file was too large.
Also, please note the new fax and postal address for SA Watch registration.

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