The info says that one radio's location can be transmitted to another one. That could be a pretty handy feature. I'd be interested in some reviews of that.
Terry KK6T
At 02:30 PM 1/16/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Ed Hall wrote: > > > The Rhinos look very cool and, as a gearhead, I want a > > pair -- I just don't know what I'd do with them > > exactly. When I do go caching with a friend or with my > > kids, we're rarely far enough away from each other to make > > the walkie-talkie part useful. Oh well, they're still very > > cool. =) > >Might be useful if, for example, a family were visiting a >large park or festival and the kids wanted to do one thing >and the parents wanted to do another. > >Seems like a pretty pricey integration fee though. FRS >radios are $40 a pair, and GMRS radios can be had for around >$40 apiece. An inexpensive GPS receiver is around $100. So >you're paying around $70 to have the radio and GPS >capabilities integrated in a single integrated package. >Which might be worth it if I were climbing mountains or >otherwise couldn't afford the weight and space of an >additional unit. Otherwise, perhaps not. > > > >The gpsstash page >http://www.geocaching.com >The GPS Stash Hunt page. >http://www.triax.com/~yngwie/gps.html > >GeoCache HQ >http://www.braveheart.com.au >GPS Stash Hunt FAQ : >http://www.triax.com/~yngwie/stashfaq.txt >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >gpsstash-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/