[aprssig] Nuvi-350 Station Symbols

[Scott Miller]

Just a heads up - the GTRANS cable (both versions) is currently out of 
stock.  It's marked that way on my website, but I see there are a number 
of back orders anyway.

As soon as I resolve a component sourcing issue they should be back in 
production.

Scott
N1VG

Clay Melhorn wrote:
> Thanks Don WA4AVU,
> Apparently I have not fiddled with the thing enough.
> Now I'm happier yet with the Nuvi-350.
> This keeps getting better. The heard stations in my FAVORITES feature is 
> a nice addition I was not expecting.
> When I was checking out the heard "favorites" menu while in the house my 
> daughter started looking at it and after fiddling with 
> it herself decided that the menuing was easy to operate, the price was 
> right then ordered one for herself.
> Now if I could get her to trade in her 2m rig for a d-710, hmm.
> 
> Thanks again for that heads up Don.
> 
> Clay Melhorn N9IO Bonfield, IL
> Webmaster:
> KARS - Kankakee Area Radio Society - W9AZ http://www.w9az.com/
> ARRL (Central Division) http://www.central.arrl.org/
>  
>  
>  You've probably already figured this out, but you can also go to 
> Favorites in the routing section and it will list every station along 
> with a distance and direction. You can select the station from the list, 
> and then show it on the map to see its location (and you can zoom the 
> map if needed). I use this feature to see who is nearby and possibly in 
> simplex range.
> 
> So, if you have some time to "fiddle" with it you can get a pretty good 
> idea of nearby activity.
> 
> 73,
> Don WA4AVU
> 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Bob Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu 
> <mailto:bruninga at usna.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     Has anyone decoded the quirks in how the Nuvi-350 with the Argent
>     data cable displays stations?
> 
>     I just bought several and am very pleased, but I find the map
>     display of other stations and symbols very quirky.  For any given
>     other station, the symbol is there sometimes, and not there sometimes.
> 
>     I zoom in and it appears, or disappears, I zoom out and it appears
>     or dissappeares...  SOmetimes the call is there, sometimes not...
>     sometimes the symbol is there, and sometimes not...
> 
>     Im sure there is some kind of Garmin logic to it, but I haven't
>     figured it out yet.  I'm loosing confidence that I am seeing the
>     full set of other stations on the map, because of these quirks.
> 
>     ANyone figured this out yet?
> 
>     Bob, WB4APR
> 
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