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Re: Best Hand held and Balistic Software for <$200
not sure what other phones it works with but i just picked up a program called "shooter" for my android phone for $9.99 [it has all of b. litz's bullet data built in] which is crazy when you think i paid $300 for great horus software a few years ago burned to an sd card for my hp pda. the shooter program works very well, it automatically calculates density altitude by using the phone gps & the closet weather station data. i've compared it with my horus software several times and it's been very accurate. the only potential downside is cell phone signal coverage and cell phone battery life, but so far no problems with either.
not sure what other phones it works with but i just picked up a program called "shooter" for my android phone for $9.99 [it has all of b. litz's bullet data built in] which is crazy when you think i paid $300 for great horus software a few years ago burned to an sd card for my hp pda. the shooter program works very well, it automatically calculates density altitude by using the phone gps & the closet weather station data. i've compared it with my horus software several times and it's been very accurate. the only potential downside is cell phone signal coverage and cell phone battery life, but so far no problems with either.
Re: Best Hand held and Balistic Software for <$200
Mmmmmmmm the software can easily be had for under $200, its more along the lines of how much you will pay for the PDA/iphone/android/laptop
If you already have the hardware, thats fine.
Cheapest option would be if you have an iPhone or Android phone the software is a few dollars.
If not that, maybe a second hand PDA or notebook with software.
Horus sells brand new packages for $500
Then you have your ruggedised PDAs like nomad/recon which fetch alot more.
Kestrel will soon bring out a weather meter with ballistics software but that will cost more than $500 im guessing
Mmmmmmmm the software can easily be had for under $200, its more along the lines of how much you will pay for the PDA/iphone/android/laptop
If you already have the hardware, thats fine.
Cheapest option would be if you have an iPhone or Android phone the software is a few dollars.
If not that, maybe a second hand PDA or notebook with software.
Horus sells brand new packages for $500
Then you have your ruggedised PDAs like nomad/recon which fetch alot more.
Kestrel will soon bring out a weather meter with ballistics software but that will cost more than $500 im guessing
Re: Best Hand held and Balistic Software for <$200
Androids/iPhone run too much a month once the data service is added. If you already have one, why not, but its not a handheld/software option for under $200 by any means if you don't.
A used Palm Zire with Pocket Sharpshooter's Friend (free internet download) is a under %50 option that if you use station pressure is as accurate as the high dollar programs (I run it on a Palm Centro).
Androids/iPhone run too much a month once the data service is added. If you already have one, why not, but its not a handheld/software option for under $200 by any means if you don't.
A used Palm Zire with Pocket Sharpshooter's Friend (free internet download) is a under %50 option that if you use station pressure is as accurate as the high dollar programs (I run it on a Palm Centro).
Re: Best Hand held and Balistic Software for <$200
Or my personal favorite these days-plug field confirmed dope into JBM, then print tables for varying density altitudes and use a kestrel. I have -2000 to 12500 DA hanging on the side of my rifles......
Or my personal favorite these days-plug field confirmed dope into JBM, then print tables for varying density altitudes and use a kestrel. I have -2000 to 12500 DA hanging on the side of my rifles......
Re: Best Hand held and Balistic Software for <$200
If you have an android phone, shooter for the win.
If you have an android phone, shooter for the win.
Re: Best Hand held and Balistic Software for <$200
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: vkc</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ballistic FTE for iPhone</div></div> For the under $200 option of this, 8GB iPod Touch ($170-$180) and Ballistic FTE ($20). Right at your upper threshold but inside your budget.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: vkc</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ballistic FTE for iPhone</div></div> For the under $200 option of this, 8GB iPod Touch ($170-$180) and Ballistic FTE ($20). Right at your upper threshold but inside your budget.
Re: Best Hand held and Balistic Software for <$200
Soberbiker,
I like that idea! I know the altitudes I am hunting so it wouldn't take much to figure out what density altitudes would apply.
Any idea which hand held weather stations read density altitude?
Soberbiker,
I like that idea! I know the altitudes I am hunting so it wouldn't take much to figure out what density altitudes would apply.
Any idea which hand held weather stations read density altitude?
Re: Best Hand held and Balistic Software for <$200
The Kestrel 4000 and above calculate density altitude. But you don't need one to use DA. If you know the temperature and the barometric pressure, which any handheld weather station, as well as watches like the Casio Pathfinders and others will give you, you can use the charts in this article to get the density altitude:
Manual Calculation of Density Altitude
The Kestrel 4000 and above calculate density altitude. But you don't need one to use DA. If you know the temperature and the barometric pressure, which any handheld weather station, as well as watches like the Casio Pathfinders and others will give you, you can use the charts in this article to get the density altitude:
Manual Calculation of Density Altitude
Re: Best Hand held and Balistic Software for <$200
Rail mounting an iphone seems like a bad idea. Why dont you just print out range cards for each rifle and take known data?
Rail mounting an iphone seems like a bad idea. Why dont you just print out range cards for each rifle and take known data?
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