I don't use my 35w radio often -- a TCP connection works most of the time for me -- but when I do I use UHF I power the radio with an Optima D34M batt...

About 5 years ago I had to cross-section about 1800' of a former creek (now dammed at both ends so really a long narrow pond).?ÿ I bought a 2-person S...

Many years ago talked a Topcon instrument tech into giving me a copy of the GTS-300 Series Interface Manual.?ÿ I never did implement the project I had...

What I've always wondered is how much more accuracy is obtained by using the virtual base over a single-base position to the nearest actual base.?ÿ I ...

The term "network" is ambiguous -- it can mean single-base corrections over an IP connection, or a true VRS.?ÿ I don't have access to a VRS, so I have...

I often use RTK for recon and/or to get approximate datum.  When you start stretching out RTK beyond about 10 km, it's harder to get the integers...

If I'm concerned about vertical I always use my own base and try to keep the distances down to 7 km or less, though I've stretched out to almost twice...

California allows it.?ÿ It's the way I got here.

Unless things have changed since I set up my first Access database, that's frowned upon.?ÿ It's better to plan your database first, then implement it....

It's been so long since I've run one of those that I forgot they existed.?ÿ Do you make the distinction because they're less expensive than continuous...

I'm surprised that they're quoting the cost at only $5B.?ÿ The initial GPS constellation cost $12B, plus $750M annual operational cost. I guess if the...

By all means, add a comment field for investigation progress, recovery, insurance settlement, etc.?ÿ?ÿ

I'll bite:?ÿ what's a lock down gun?

The back pocket on that isn't big enough for my taste.?ÿ I still prefer a Filson.

I have a settlement monitoring project (vertical only) that I've been working on for about a year and half.  Monitoring events are monthly during...

Those nice clean-looking units, but you'd have to be feeling really nostalgic to pay that kind of money for something with no practical use.?ÿ Especia...

There are 2 job shops in my town, one FedEx/Kinko's, the other independent, but neither one can print on mylar.?ÿ I could use a Sacramento service bur...

I've never bought into this protect-the-client thing, I think that's just an effort to paint surveyors as extra-good citizens.?ÿ I carry E&O becau...

I finally gave up on finding ink for my HP-450C and bought an Epson T3470 about a year and half ago.?ÿ It's only a 24" printer, but I had long since s...