Ridecamp: Re: [RC] New Easyboot articles are online

Don't know about rule 6, but unless they get into a repeater (which is 
the same issue as you have with cell phones) they will be fairly short 
range or will weight quite a bit.

Truman

DreamWeaver wrote:

> At 07:34 PM 7/8/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>
> > Hmmm...but using radios and/or a GPS during a ride is a violation of
> > AERC rule 6.(k), is it not?
>
>
> I wasn't suggesting anybody use these to break any rules!  Lots of 
> rides use radios, this would be really handy for RM to use in some 
> cases.  Cell phones don't always work.  There are rides where a GPS is 
> given to the ride vets and that's how they find the away vet checks.  
> Modern times....
>
> I think these would be a fun toy, but obviously I'm not going to rush 
> right out and buy one.  At least not until my GPS III+ croaks, and 
> it's still running pretty well.   These new ones do more, cost less 
> (than the III+ did) and if you need it in an emergency it could really 
> save somebody's life!   I doubt it would be a rule violation to use a 
> radio or cell phone to ask for help, and if somebody is hurt who cares 
> if you get DQ'd for breaking rule 6 whatever.  These new ones will 
> even transmit your location to somebody else that has one, and they 
> work with other radios.  They'd be great for training rides too, you 
> could practice separating your horses and still find each other later.
>
> I've GPS'd 60+ separate rides.  The RM's are usually pretty receptive 
> to it and like getting the tracks of the entire ride later on.   The 
> GPS is in my pack and I usually never look at it -- usually much 
> easier to look at the paper map and directions.  The antenna is on the 
> outside, without it I wouldn't get very accurate readings.  I think it 
> would be great if all of the trails could be archived somehow, 
> electronically.
>
> k




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