I just got a "new" 5700 yesterday. It has older firmware, I updated it to the latest one I could put on it (warranty expiration 08/2004), which is 2.2...

SNIP also has RTK2GO, which is currently free. BUT, anyone can see the mountpoints (I think), and therefore could see where the base is located. A sma...

UTM can be used with feet, although that to me is blasphemy. It is not restricted to meters only.

I think it should also work with SNIP

No problems with our 5700 re:dates, but an occasional issue with not recognizing the CF card.

A couple of pics of my instrument when I was working in Peru: Outside (observing between two of their stations): And inside one of the two tunnels: ...

I use UTM for work in the USACE Pittsburgh District, it is all in one zone whereas there are at least six SPC zones (maybe seven or eight). The drawba...

I should add that SNIP has been very responsive. I suggested to them they should accept an incoming TCP/IP connection (and eliminate the TCP-Com progr...

Miami? Never see it again, it is probably out of the country already! I feel your pain...I lost an R10 to theft last August.

I guess Google spell check knows about ambassador John Bolton and not geodesist John Nolton!

JOHN NOLTON, post: 416281, member: 225 wrote: John Hamilton don't be so fast on the keyboard on the computer. Its NOLTON not Bolton. JOHN NOLTON 🙂 ...

I agree with John Bolton's answer. That is another reason to observe a line if know azimuth in the surface network.

I did a couple of long hydro tunnels in Peru, pretty much as stated above. I first did some gyro obs above ground on pedestals that they had built for...

Seems like it would be a lot more fun...

We use SAE for everything, all the receiver power cables, battery lugs, chargers, RTK bridge, nice to have everything consistent.

As I posted in August, I had an R10 stolen from what I thought was a pretty hidden location. No tripod, I had it bungied to a sign post at the end of ...