My Garmin plotter gives me the local time of day. I think it knows where
you are from the lat / lon and uses that number.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:20:57 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

The GPS on Yo Ho has a clock, of course, but it's never set to the right
time of day, because I don't bother to correct it when I flip on the
battery switches

Um - wouldn't the GPS pick up the UTC time from the satellite and
convert it using the local offset you input when you first set it up?

Just curious.


No, for some reason it doesn't "hold" the offset, or it didn't when I
tried that a few years ago. I suppose I could try again, assuming I did
something wrong when first setting it up. But I do recall that I tried it
a couple of times, it didn't hold, and I gave up on that feature.

Oh...another reason: I rarely use the GPS chartplotter on Yo-Ho these
days. I know all the throttle-trim settings I need now, and most of my
fishing is at locations I arrive at by "sight," or where my fishfinder
indicates "activity." There's not a lot of bottom structure to look for in
Chesapeake Bay, so keying in exact points is not really necessary in order
to find fish. As an example, if I head straight across the Bay from my
usual starting point, I know that as soon as the depth finder indicates a
particular drop-off on the "other side," I've reached flounder territory,
and I need to follow that drop off north and south.

On my trip to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, a run of about 115 miles,
I simply stayed in the middle of the Bay and navigated by sight. You've
been down here, right? Most places you can see both shores of the Bay as
you head north or south.

The watch is important. There are a couple of spots where tidal data is
significant for fishing.

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:20:57 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

The GPS on Yo Ho has a clock, of course, but it's never set to the right
time of day, because I don't bother to correct it when I flip on the
battery switches

Um - wouldn't the GPS pick up the UTC time from the satellite and
convert it using the local offset you input when you first set it up?

Just curious.

Modern technology is not Harry's strong point.

"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:20:57 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:


The GPS on Yo Ho has a clock, of course, but it's never set to the right
time of day, because I don't bother to correct it when I flip on the
battery switches

ROTFLMAO!

Um - wouldn't the GPS pick up the UTC time from the satellite and
convert it using the local offset you input when you first set it up?

Yes.

That's correct. Any decent GPS will store your basic info including
your offset with, or without, normal power.

Yes. It writes the data to NVRAM...forever keeping its time zone, unless
changed manually.

I fired up my old Garmin
GPS 12 with new batteries after a long "vacation" and it still had the
basic presets in memory.

As any modern GPS will.

This is just another lie from our village idiot...ignore the boatless twit.

After all, this is the clown who sets his boat trim, based on his GPS's
hundredths of a MPH reading! LOL!

The final question now is, will the liar post a reply with some hair-brained
excuse, or just ignore the rest of the thread...as he has done many, many
times...

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-Netsock

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."
http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/

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To determine the time of water movement with the tides.

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's
just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

Fair enough. So what does your $200 watch do for you that your cell phone
or boat stereo cannot?

My oldest daughter bought me this neat little Nike watch, that had tide data
stored in it. You could pick from hundreds beaches or locations, and it had
this neat little LCD graph on the bottom showing exactly where the tide was,
and whether coming in or out. Worked perfectly, and was very inexpensive
too.


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-Netsock

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."
http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/

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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:20:57 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:


The GPS on Yo Ho has a clock, of course, but it's never set to the
right
time of day, because I don't bother to correct it when I flip on the
battery switches

ROTFLMAO!

Did Harry really say that?

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news Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:20:57 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:


The GPS on Yo Ho has a clock, of course, but it's never set to the
right
time of day, because I don't bother to correct it when I flip on the
battery switches
ROTFLMAO!

Did Harry really say that?





Indeed. I never properly set the "offset" on the unit, apparently. I'll
try again.

I'm pretty sure my Garmin automatically sets the offset too. When I took it
with me to Texas, I don't remember changing the offset.

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:20:22 -0400, " *JimH*" wrote:


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Pjparty wrote:
Try the Avier Triton diver, mine keeps within a couple of seconds a
day.
The luminescence on the dial markers and hands is superluminova, the
dial has this nice reflective metal finish. It has a date function,
but no chronograph function. Mine takes a lot of abuse, but it uses
ETAs 2824 movement which is very solid. Its only rated to 200 meters,
but it has a really nice display back. It retails at $695, not a big
price when you consider most swiss divers retail over $1000. I also
like the screwed links, I didn't have to go to anyone to get it
sized, I just used my eyeglass screwdriver. Ignoramus31468 Wrote:
My old POS "titanium" (read base metal covered with 0.0001" of
titanium coating) finally died and I am NOT missing it. It was all
pitted from my sweat. Disgusting.

So, what I am looking for now is a:

1) stainless steel watch
2) luminescent dial and hands
3) with calendar, stopwatch etc
4) very water resistant
5) very abuse resistant (I do a lot of mechanical type works etc)
6) accurate
7) not too expensive. I want functionality and not prestige.

Any suggestions? I can go with analog or electronic display, I am not
too sure what is my preference.

thanks

i

Nothing wrong with titanium..if you buy a good quality solid titanium
block and wrist strap.
My wife paid $695.00 CDN for a Victorianox Swiss Army Titanium watch 6
years ago. I used to pit my watch & my arm from alergies (nickelitis?)
but since I got this watch...no problem.
Supposed to good for 300 feet and has the rotating bezel to keep track
of
time.

My Skagen solid Titanium was about $100 on sale at Macy's. Is not a
dive
watch, but I wear it snorkeling. And it is a very comfortable watch to
wear as the solid Titanium watch and band weigh very little.


I have not worn a watch for over 5 years. My cell phone is all I need if
I
need to check the time. Prior to cell phones showing time I only wore
one
while on business, never while on vacation or on the boat. After all what
kind of *get away* is it if you have to worry about time?


To determine the time of water movement with the tides.

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's
just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

Fair enough. So what does your $200 watch do for you that your cell phone
or boat stereo cannot?


My cell phone is off unless I have an emergency or need to call someone. I don't
know if my cell phone has a clock or not, but for sure looking at my wrist is
more convenient than digging out my cell phone, opening it, turning it on, and
waiting for it to do its thing. I don't have a boat stereo. But if I did, I'd
have to pay attention to it to hear when the time was next told. Again, looking
at the wrist is immediate and convenient.

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

NOYB,
Do you get the feeling that Harry doesn't own a GPS either?


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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:20:57 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:


The GPS on Yo Ho has a clock, of course, but it's never set to the
right
time of day, because I don't bother to correct it when I flip on the
battery switches

ROTFLMAO!

Did Harry really say that?

Starbucker wrote:

Do you get the feeling that Harry doesn't own a GPS either?

Now THAT is funny...and so true.

--
Skipper

I pretended to have one once, it was nice.

Lunch was nice;


Festered rodent bowel and stinkbug genitalia seasoning garnished with
fricasseed flea offal, cooked in a steaming cup filled with small pieces of
salsa and garlic in tea, a side of pastries and a mug of jellied intestine.




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NOYB,
Do you get the feeling that Harry doesn't own a GPS either?


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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:20:57 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:


The GPS on Yo Ho has a clock, of course, but it's never set to the
right
time of day, because I don't bother to correct it when I flip on the
battery switches

ROTFLMAO!

Did Harry really say that?