How to fix Garmin to rucksack shoulder strap?

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In message , Broadback
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While the answers here are true I find that mine works even when stuck
into my pocket, its reception is excellent.

Good to hear it. I might point out that our local MRT use these
effectively with no problem at all.


My 60CSx gets a signal in my living room!

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Dave McLaughlin
Homo Sapiens Non Urinat In Ventum

http://dave-mclaughlin.fotopic.net/

"Boo" wrote in message
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Just one extra tip;

Tie the end of the lanyard onto the pack somewhere, so if the GPS comes
loose it swings harmlessly rather than fall into the river / down ravine
/ off bridge onto motorway / etc..

This is a good bit of advice - I keep my gps in one or another pocket of
my rucksack and I always loop the lanyard through the hole in the zip tag
so it can't just fall out if I forget to do up the zipper.
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Thanks again for the excellent advice.
J

I have a GPS Map 60CSx (I think I've got that right - I'm sure it is
case sensitive) and I have to say that after the smaller, neater, Etrex
Summit, the joy is that putting it in a shirt pocket (in winter) or the
front map pocket in summer is just fine! Its sensitivity is so much
better that one no longer needs to be so carefull.

My ONLY bitch is with the silly lanyard, which is too short, and has no
bead to tighten it round the wrist.

Richard

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On Aug 20, 2:56 pm, "John Brown" wrote:
Anyone know of how best to fix a Garmin 60
onto shoulder strap of rucksack to enable good satellite reception?
Thanks

Like other posters, I use the standard belt clip that came with my GPS
60cs . My rucksack has a place on the shoulder strap where I can clip
this on .

On one of my rucksacks, which has no attachment point, I have had
success with a tiewrap over the shoulder strap.

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from mr p contains these words:

On Aug 20, 2:56 pm, "John Brown" wrote:
Anyone know of how best to fix a Garmin 60
onto shoulder strap of rucksack to enable good satellite reception?
Thanks

Like other posters, I use the standard belt clip that came with my GPS
60cs . My rucksack has a place on the shoulder strap where I can clip
this on .

On one of my rucksacks, which has no attachment point, I have had
success with a tiewrap over the shoulder strap.


The GPS 60 clip doesn't need a special attachment point - just the strap
itself will do.
--
Bill Grey

Bill Grey wrote:

In message , Hbunnet
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from mr p contains these words:

On Aug 20, 2:56 pm, "John Brown" wrote:
Anyone know of how best to fix a Garmin 60
onto shoulder strap of rucksack to enable good satellite reception?
Thanks

Like other posters, I use the standard belt clip that came with my GPS
60cs . My rucksack has a place on the shoulder strap where I can clip
this on .

On one of my rucksacks, which has no attachment point, I have had
success with a tiewrap over the shoulder strap.


The GPS 60 clip doesn't need a special attachment point - just the strap
itself will do.

Does it come with velcro loop to go round the strap? I understood it
was just a belt clip.

On both my rucksacks I have added D rings where the padded strap ends.
I find that is high enough to give my GPS a good view of the sky. The
source of those rings no longer exists - they came from the old style
mail bags with four galvanised steel rings, now they are all plastic -
but I imagine you could do something similar with a suitably large
split ring.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

In message , Phil Cook
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Does it come with velcro loop to go round the strap? I understood it
was just a belt clip.

It has a very strong spring clip which "grabs" the strap and it has a
receptor for a button which screws into the back of the GPS. The button
is spring locked into the receptor.

If I have the time I'll photograph the arrangement. The illustration in
the relevant web-site doesn't really "explain" how it fits together.
--
Bill Grey

In message , Phil Cook
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The GPS 60 clip doesn't need a special attachment point - just the strap
itself will do.

Does it come with velcro loop to go round the strap? I understood it
was just a belt clip.

No Velcro needed. The spring clip attaches to the shoulder strap and
the GPS has a button screwed into it which locks into the spring clip.

I'll e-mail some quick photos for you to see.
--
Bill Grey

Bitstring , from the wonderful
person Bill Grey said
In message , Phil Cook
writes
The GPS 60 clip doesn't need a special attachment point - just the strap
itself will do.

Does it come with velcro loop to go round the strap? I understood it
was just a belt clip.

No Velcro needed. The spring clip attaches to the shoulder strap and
the GPS has a button screwed into it which locks into the spring clip.

I'll e-mail some quick photos for you to see.

That'll work, but be aware the button CAN unscrew from the GPS (loctite
or similar recommended). If properly paranoid, fit a lanyard of some
kind as well, short enough so he unit can't actually hit the ground if
you drop it.
I use a mobile phone one with a quick-disconnect fitting (instead of the
Garmin thing, which is basically just a wrist strap).

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GSV Three Minds in a Can
12,541 Km walked. 2,442 Km PROWs surveyed. 44.0% complete.

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Bitstring , from the wonderful
person Bill Grey said
In message , Phil Cook
writes
The GPS 60 clip doesn't need a special attachment point - just the strap
itself will do.

Does it come with velcro loop to go round the strap? I understood it
was just a belt clip.

No Velcro needed. The spring clip attaches to the shoulder strap and
the GPS has a button screwed into it which locks into the spring clip.

I'll e-mail some quick photos for you to see.

That'll work, but be aware the button CAN unscrew from the GPS (loctite
or similar recommended). If properly paranoid, fit a lanyard of some
kind as well, short enough so he unit can't actually hit the ground if
you drop it.
I use a mobile phone one with a quick-disconnect fitting (instead of
the Garmin thing, which is basically just a wrist strap).


Good idea. There's a convenient attachment point next to the antenna.
--
Bill Grey