For those who are looking at buying a Garmin Rino 530 hcx...

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Just found this....


http://www8.garmin.com/whatsNew/currentpromotions/pdfs/520HCx_530HCx_rebate.pdf




50 buck rebate back from Garmin...



http://pcnation.com/web/details.asp?item=6G0655&GEN0=Y


http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=GRR530HCX#top


....bringing the price to 306ish, after rebate, less the price of a stamp of course....



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Thanx for the heads up:beer;

 

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you can get it for $306. arn't they like $500 + in stores?

 

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yea...the legit retailers are where you go to get someone to show you how to work one after you buy it online

 

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Snowmark said:

yea...the legit retailers are where you go to get someone to show you how to work one after you buy it online

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yah, because Wal-mart, Target and staples are "Legit?" Try to get the 9 buck an hour kid to show you how to run it. No thanks...


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uhm, they come with manuals for a reason....

 

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Mule said:

uhm, they come with manuals for a reason....

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And they fit on the back of the toliet for a reason too
lol best place to learn about the GPS and kill 2 birds with one stone

 

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do any of you find the radio is a peice of crap? the gps and its features rock but the radio is not as good as the cheapest motorola out there? can't make half of what anyone says on them to point shut it off? get tired of the mubble jumble?

 

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RMKing2001 said:

do any of you find the radio is a peice of crap? the gps and its features rock but the radio is not as good as the cheapest motorola out there? can't make half of what anyone says on them to point shut it off? get tired of the mubble jumble?

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Mine works great

 

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My radio sucks too. I carry my cheap motorola and 530 stays deep in pack.

 

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I use them daily here at work and they are great. They are around $700 up here. The radios are crap. They are lucky to work a mile in the bush. When they tested them they mustve used a wide open parking lot to test the radio distance.

 

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That's usually what they do. Test in line-of-sight conditions and advertise that distance.

Antennas and tuning/matching makes a big difference in the range of the radios... a great radio with a crappy antenna can make for a really crappy radio. Unfortunately for the FRS radios you can't change or tune the antenna (has to be part of the radio) so you're stuck with what the manufacturer sticks on there.

But.... that's why I carry a good radio for radio communications and a GPS for knowing where I am.