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Pat Caughey
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Topics: 5 / Replies: 48
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RE: Thoughts from a Hospital Bed

Back in the early 2000's, maybe 2003 or so, we were doing a lot of Cell Tower locations in rural Texas, and I mean rural. Sometimes the 'Land Man' wou...

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RE: Trimble cable

You could probably search this site for Radios or ADL, I did not, but someone posted a link, and I downloaded the pdf on Aug. 1, but it is there. They...

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RE: Trimble cable

Just do not try to use that ADL if the temperature is over 99°F, the following is from Pacific Crest web site:•Under normal operating parameters, ADL ...

11 years ago
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RE: Base/Rover vs. VRS(RTN)/Rover

I agree with most of what the others have said, it depends on the circumstances. Personally I believe if you want decent repeatable vertical, and by t...

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RE: Ground or Grid?

I am actually amazed that this is still being argued. With GPS, the data we collect is Lat./Long plus ellipsoid height. Most of us then use our softwa...

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RE: Field Code Tips ~ 3 point curve "bubbles"

I would have broken it up into 2 arcs, with the middle shot being at the "nose" of the island.

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RE: Javad Triumph

Thanks every one for their response. I agree that service is important, but in this case I feel that the main thing that can/will go wrong are errors ...

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RE: Tree Surveying Techniques

Tree TagsHow about 1200 trees, and that is only on approximately 1/2 of a 200+ acre site! Pretty sure we will be doing the other half sometime in the ...

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RE: Tree Surveying Techniques

Tree TagsI have done many tree and topo surveys myself, as well as supervised many more. Our way is to go through initially and measure all the trees ...

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RE: friggin' Spectra...

You just think you are cussing Spectra, just wait till you get the FS-2600 with Magnet!

12 years ago
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RE: Topcon Magnet DC Software experience? Tesla or FC-2600?

We got it on a FS-2600 along with a Topcon PS robot, and did not like it at all. At this time I am not in a position to discuss our problems with it o...

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RE: Sailing 44' Pacific Seacraft

Flying into Key West, I was amazed that I could get a flight from San Antonio to Key West for $200, but thanks for the info!

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RE: Sailing 44' Pacific Seacraft

I do have my own boat, a 22' MacGregor, well I guess I should say my brother has it. Since I started racing sailboats, the Macgregor is not exactly se...

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RE: I don't know if I should feel good or bad...

Would love to see a picture of your boat!I'm headed to Fort Worth Boat Club this weekend for a regatta!

12 years ago
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RE: Topcon Magnet

Topcon Custom works, I realize that now. When I got the DC, I just went through the list of files it would create, I found the export to csv and just ...

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RE: Topcon Magnet

I am glad to hear from someone who is actually happy with the software! As to not having the settings correct, or not having a geoid set, I went over ...

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