Article: 88299 of sci.geo.satellite-nav From: Tom Van Baak Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: CASIO GPS watch Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:06:08 -0800 Organization: VERITAS Software Lines: 12 Message-ID: <369CEEA0.32DA@veritas.com> References: <36948318.DC17827@casema.net> <773elk$kqm$1@eskinews.eskimo.com> <36965A9A.448837E@casema.net> <3698b6dd.30823703@news.mindspring.com> <3697d307.31411196@netnews.att.net> <36984A5A.967759B3@mindspring.com> <369b9b67.0@p3.isdn.net.il> <77hnr0$5oe@transfer.stratus.com> Reply-To: tvb@veritas.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.168.168.67 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (WinNT; I) Path: news1.meer.net!news3.best.com!news2.best.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.idt.net!WCG!cyclone.i1.net!uunet!ffx.uu.net!in5.uu.net!veritas.com!not-for-mail Xref: news1.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:88299 > Low-power Operation -- Casio’s own original chip design makes > it possible to provide GPS pickup on a mere 3 Volts. A single > standard lithium battery (CR2) provides up to 600 single > readings, or approximately 10 hours of automatic monitoring > during which the reading is updated once per minute When hiking with the new Casio GPS watch the trick is to drop the exhausted batteries every few hours. Then, when you need to get back to the trailhead, you simply retrace your path using the dead batteries as waypoints. /tvb