Radios are manufactured by Garmin specifically for position reporting. They are combination Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers and Family Radio Service (FRS) or General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) "walkie-talkies." You can beam your exact GPS location to another user of a similar radio. It's called peer-to-peer positioning. Range is up to five miles using GMRS channels, which require a license, or less on the FRS channels, which don't need a license.
Instructions
1. Enable peer-to-peer positioning on the radio. From the "Radio Options" menu choose "Setup Radio." The first option will be "Send Location"--select "Enable." Also enable the "Allow Polling" option. This will allow your radio to respond to a request from another radio to send your position.
2. Send your location. Press and release the push-to-talk button. The radio automatically sends out its location to other Garmin Rino users on the same channel with the same squelch code. The "New Contact" page will appear on any Garmin Rino on the same channel, with the same squelch code that's in range.
3. Your respondent should accept you as a new contact by highlighting "OK" and pressing the thumb stick. From the "Contact Review Page." your correspondent should highlight "Map" and press the thumb stick in. Your sent position will appear on the correspondent's map.
4. Send a location like a waypoint. This is useful if you want to meet at a specific location, like a camp. Press the thumb stick until the shortcuts menu appears.
5. Highlight "Find 'N' Go" and press the thumb stick in. Highlight the category you want like "Waypoints." Press the thumb stick repeatedly until you get to "Send Location." The Rino will now send the waypoint to the other Rino users.
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