[wdsrc] gps what to get

[Jeff Walker]

> I'd heard that Air Force (U.S.) Pararescueman and Combat Controllers don't > practice nearly getting drowned in their initial training. Most of them > actually get drowned! This is part of their "water confidence" training.

I

> met a fellow who wound up drowning trying to get through the course. The > object was to "STAY UNDERWATER!!!". Apparently, if you came to the

surface,

> the kindly instructors would force you back into the pool. If you

succeeded

> at the task, you would be removed from the pool, revived, then get yelled

at

> for "sleeping at the bottom of the pool". > > How's them apples?

Yep, there it is. My definition of getting drowned is actually dying from it. Taking water in the lungs is probably the most excruciating experience I have ever had. The two military schools I've been to that I am most proud of: Ranger School, and Scuba School. Everything else (Airborne, Air Assault, Master Parachutist, HALO, Sniper, Recondo, SERE, SFAS and SFQC, Jungle, Northern Warfare, to name a few) were just walks in the park in comparison. Jeff

[spye@hvgb.net]

-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Walker To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com DSN_klr650@egroups.com>; bmgecko Date: Monday, July 03, 2000 4:55 PM

>The two military schools I've been to that I am most proud of: Ranger >School, and Scuba School. Everything else (Airborne, Air Assault, Master >Parachutist, HALO, Sniper, Recondo, SERE, SFAS and SFQC, Jungle, Northern >Warfare, to name a few) were just walks in the park in comparison. >Jeff

Wow, and I thought riot squad training was hard! Impressive Resume,dude. Remind us from time to time not to get on your bad side! Steve Pye

[JIM JAMES]

my gps 111+ will occasionally lose its track in the trees and, more often, in the mountains in n.c. some advice fwiw: either use a mount with a supporting device for the antenna, or remote the antenna in a secure manner to prevent loss. the bnc connector on my gps 111's case loosened because the antenna was unsupported and sorta flopped around. also, wire the gps into the bike's battery. the vibration and bumps sometimes cause the internal batteries to make intermittant contact and the thing will shut itself off without warning. very annoying. hard wire it and remove the batteries. james

> Question about GPS's, Do you ever lose the signal (satellites) in the trees?