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#4537 - 02/14/10 03:53 PM Oregon 400
petty cachers Offline
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Registered: 12/12/09
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Does anyone use a Oregon 400? Should it be in the WAAS enabled mode all the time when geocaching?

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#4965 - 03/22/10 10:02 PM Re: Oregon 400 [Re: petty cachers]
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I don't know if this helps, or if you already know this information. I figured it didn't hurt post it just in case.

http://www8.garmin.com/aboutGPS/waas.html
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#4967 - 03/23/10 08:37 AM Re: Oregon 400 [Re: CMNM(Vanna)]
petty cachers Offline
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Thanks, I did read about it. I guess I was wondering why it wouldn't always be in the WAAS mode if it is so accurate. I had to enable it. I'm just starting to fiddle with some of the different settings, even though I've had the unit for a while.

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#4968 - 03/23/10 02:16 PM Re: Oregon 400 [Re: petty cachers]
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Loc: Eureka and on the road
WAAS uses both processing and battery resources. So, more accurate, but slower to give a reading and runs the battery down faster.
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#4971 - 03/23/10 04:19 PM Re: Oregon 400 [Re: dbirdman]
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Understand it now. Thanks, dbirdman.

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#4985 - 03/24/10 04:02 PM Re: Oregon 400 [Re: petty cachers]
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Loc: Blue lake ca
i always use WAAS
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