Garmin Foretrex 901 and the system
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Which binos will transfer both range and degree of fire so that the 901 will display an accurate wind call for the inputted wind speed/direction
Thank you, I'm leaning toward leica as I've heard they have a solid bluetooth connection with the foretrex. Also want to say thank you for your support of all of us competitors. I picked up the foretrex certificate at the dust devil duel, without the donations of companies like Applied Ballistics and Garmin new shooters like myself would have a harder time upgrading our gear. It was great of yall to bring your radar out there and set up so many shooters with custom drag models.
Several questions. Will the Leica Geovid Pro’s send atmospherics, DOF, and the wind input from the binos to the 901 to populate a target card? Or do I have to enter wind separately into the 901? Also, what’s the advantage of running the 901 over the 701?
I love my Geovid Pros. The firing solutions have been spot on. I love that when connected to the Quantum App I can build a range/firing solutions card simply by ranging the course of fire. However it would be nice to eliminate my phone.
I love my Geovid Pros. The firing solutions have been spot on. I love that when connected to the Quantum App I can build a range/firing solutions card simply by ranging the course of fire. However it would be nice to eliminate my phone.
The binos only send range, DOF and inclination. Wind and atmospherics are entered into the 901 manually or with a kestrel, but you can only have one AB device connected at a time.
The 901 is better than the 701 in many ways, like connecting them to your binos for one.
I really wish more than 1 AB device could be connected at once. It's my biggest annoyance with the entire system. BT has supported more than 1 connection for years.
I believe you can connect both a Kestrel and LRF to the 901 at the same time. Because the Kestrel does not use the AB Comms it uses the Other slot. I would say at least give it a try to see if it works.
Yeah, it would be nice to have 3 AB devices connected at the same time. The 901 can be connected to your phone and an AB device at the same time.
I can see where it would get confusing to do this as a kestrel can give the 901 range, DOF and inclination as well as binos.
Hmm. I'll definitely give it a try this evening.
So the 901 can get atmospherics from the Kestrel but not from a set of binos that have AB and onboard atmospherics? Can binos like the Geovid Pro just send a firing solution to the 901 to populate on its target card?
Yes, it pulls the atmospherics from a kestrel, but not the binos. connected binos will only send range, DOF and inclination, nothing more. They will also NOT send a firing solution, that comes from the profile on the 901. Same as if you had a kestrel connected straight to the binos.
Ok can confirm this works now. Must have been something new in the updates because I couldn't get this to work in the past.
Vector X binos connect under the Applied ballistics tab and kestrel connects under the "other" tab. Could only get the kestrel to connect while in PC/Mobile connection mode. I guess this is so it doesn't try to connect to the vectors at the same time? You must also remember to not have any kestrel app open if your phone is nearby.
I'll put some time behind all 3 synced up and report back.
Thanks Doc
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