Thanks for Birthday Greetings and inReach Update

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Thanks for Birthday Greetings and inReach Update

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Started 4 months ago by Chief
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Chief
Coastal Vagabond

Many thanks for the Happy Birthdays. I had a great day even though turning 27 isn't for wimps.

I didn't have a lot of guests at my party, but I understand that paddling 300 miles in Florida in August is a bit much. Next year I might cut it back to only 200.

I'll see some of you in Minnesota soon and some more in North Carolina at the end of October. March will be interesting. You all need to go out there and catch Covid so WaterTribe has herd immunity - Ha!

For you folks that have been clamoring for inReach, I have been working on it and actually making progress. I bought an SE+ to use for testing. Honestly, so far I much prefer the SPOT for tracking. Sending OK messages while in tracking mode is much easier. But I do see the benefit of have a GPS map capability while tracking so it's all good.

If anyone knows how to get more than the most recent tracking point in the shared KML/XML from inReach, please let me know. It's real easy to miss a tracking point or OK message with the inReach system. SPOT is much better because you can get up to 50 of the last tracking points. Maybe I'm missing something so bring me up to speed if you can.

Posted 4 months ago #
PrivateHam
Member

I sent you an email with some info on this.

Posted 4 months ago #
Chief
Coastal Vagabond

Thanks to info received from PrivateHam I have made significant progress getting ready to support inReach for WaterTribe tracking. It's not completed yet, but I plan to have it operational for NCC2020. I have added an inReach Setup PDF link to the Event pages. It's pretty easy to set it up. Here is a link: inReachSetup

For now you will still use the SPOT Link & PLB Setup tab. Just enter your inReach shared page link and inReachID.

Remember, even if you enter the data right now. Your inReach tracks will not show up for a few days. I still have work to do. I will keep you posted.

Posted 4 months ago #
Chief
Coastal Vagabond
Since NCC2020 is going to be a beta test for inReach support, there will be a couple of special setup guidelines.
1. inReach will only work for the captain of each boat. A crew member can only use an optional SPOT.
2. After inReach goes active for testing, I will need to have inReach users send all three special messages and do a bit of tracking. I will let you know when to start. Hopefully that will happen withing the next couple of days. But it could take a few days longer if I hit some unexpected snags.
3. If you are going to use inReach and you already have a SPOT, you should register both tracking units. Register the inReach for the captain. Put your spare SPOT in the second slot even if you don't have a crew member.
Posted 4 months ago #
Conchistador
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this is great news. thanks for working towards this. i am acutally going to a dual system for at least next year. spot gen 4 and garmin inreach. my garmin will be on a monthly basis so i don't have to pay for it all year and the spot will be with me. I will be ditching the spot X - not worth the frustration.

See you in Ely!

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