PALM or VISOR for the bench

18 January 2002, 01:47

steve y

I wonder if there is a Palm Pilot or Visor organizer that can be loaded with reloading data that I could keep on the reloading bench.

It would be handy to have data at hand and to record pet loads. Also maybe have ballistic tables to take to the range, etc.

Anyone have input on this possibility?

18 January 2002, 03:42

<Dave King>

I have a Casseopia that I use. It runs Windows CE and has Pocket Excel installed.

There are Ballistics programs for Microsoft Excel at the following site that can be loaded onto the Windows CE versions.

http://www.nucleus.com/~cronhelm/

Try the RBC version of the spreadsheet from the Ballistics page. RBC is the Ranging Ballistics Computer version. It has the ability to calculate ranges bases on GPS positions entered using the UTM mode, a nice feature for long range shooters.

18 January 2002, 04:37

R-WEST

Dave King -
How accurate are the ranges as determined by the GPS's?
R-WEST

18 January 2002, 05:20

tsturm

quote:
Originally posted by steve y:
I wonder if there is a Palm Pilot or Visor organizer that can be loaded with reloading data that I could keep on the reloading bench.
It would be handy to have data at hand and to record pet loads. Also maybe have ballistic tables to take to the range, etc.
Anyone have input on this possibility?

I must be a OLD, CHEAP, S.O.B. My generic data is stored in a 5X10 floppy (aka load manual)!! All LOADS are entered in a 8.5X11 floppy(aka LOG BOOK)that has sections for each caliber I load for, it's infinitely expandable and the only expense is paper!!
It hangs on the powder cabinet(stolen kitchen cabinet) on a clipboard!! The only way for the data to be lost is in a fire!!(no batteries either)
Good luck, Have fun!!!

18 January 2002, 05:58

rick3foxes

R-West,
I'll butt in here. The accuracy should be the GPS limit, which is usually around 50 ft. since the government turned off their SA "feature".

Also, the older 8-channel GPS units may be less accurate than that.

Rick.

18 January 2002, 12:44

<Antonio>

Rick:

Do you know when the US Government did turn off the GPS Selective Availability feature, and what the reason was? Is that decision for good?

While hunting last month I noticed that my GPS was repeating measurements very well...

Thanks, Antonio

18 January 2002, 12:56

<.>

SA has been off for maybe a year or so. It's been a while. The "old" Garmin 12 that I have gets the coordinates down to a couple feet if I have a good fix on the satellites.

If the GPS says point to point is 100 meters, it's 100 meters.

18 January 2002, 16:52

Magnum Mike

Yes, the Pocket PC's have Pocket Excel. I have all my reloading records on 2 files in my Compaq iPAC. It works great!

mike

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02 February 2002, 15:31

Dino32HR

WOW ! I'm a techno-geek and felt guilty about taking an old laptop I have and moving it to the loading bench for LoadBase and Sierra programs.

I don't feel half-bad now ! PDA App's, Excel on PDA's, GPS - thanks brothers !

Click, click, clickity-click, click - BOOM! Another X. Better shooting through computing.

-Dino

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02 February 2002, 19:01

<nated>

GPS- yeah even my 4 yr old garmin gets about +/- 15 ft. and that's only a few yards. that probably work really well for marking towns.

p.s. those i-paq's rock !!!

work smarter, not harder.

later, nate