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Overview |
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Easy-to-use GPS Handheld Navigator |
- High-sensitivity GPS marks and stores 1,000 waypoints
and 100 tracks
- Marks your favorite locations to easily navigate back to
them
- Garmin SailAssist for GPS 73 includes virtual starting
line, heading line, countdown timers and tack assist
- Sunrise/sunset, estimated time of arrival, other
calculations and marine data
- Built-in backlight
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This easy-to-use handheld is the perfect navigational solution
for boats, sailboats or small watercraft that do not have a
chartplotter. It’s also ideal as an important emergency
navigation backup for all vessels. Its high-sensitivity GPS
marks and stores 1,000 waypoints and 100 tracks so you can
navigate right back to them. Use on land or water - it floats!
Features SailAssist, including virtual starting line, heading
line, countdown timers and tack assist. |
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Quickly Acquires Satellites |
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High-sensitivity GPS receiver quickly locks onto GPS signals and
tracks your location even in challenging locations, such as deep
canyons or under heavy tree cover. |
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Mark Important Waypoints |
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Whether it’s a hot fishing spot or a lobster pot, you can mark
and store 1,000 waypoints and 100 tracks to navigate to and from
time and time again. |
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SailAssist |
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SailAssist helps you sail more effectively with heading line and
tack assist. Tack assist lets you know when to tack based on
whether your boat is getting headed or lifted compared to the
boat's optimal tacking angle. For those who like to race,
there’s virtual starting line and countdown timer to make sure
you cross the starting line at the right time. |
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Store Important Data |
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GPS 73 is NMEA 0183 compatible. To transfer data to your device,
it easily connects to your computer via USB. If you're into
boating, hunting or fishing, you can use the built-in celestial
data, which includes sunrise/sunset times and a hunting and
fishing calendar, estimated time of arrival, other calculations
and marine data. |
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High-contrast Display |
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GPS 73 has an intuitive user interface with dedicated back-lit
buttons for quick and easy operation. Its high-contrast display
makes it easy to read in all lighting conditions. |
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Specifications |
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Part Number |
010-01504-00 |
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Unit Dimensions |
2.6" x 6.0" x 1.2" (6.6 cm x 15.2 cm x 3.0 cm) |
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Display Size |
1.4" x 2.1" (3.6 cm x 5.4 cm), 2.6" Diag (6.6 cm) |
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Display Resolution |
128 x 160 |
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Display Type |
High contrast FSTN, 4-level gray scale monochrome LCD |
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Weight |
5.6 oz (159 g) without batteries |
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Battery Type |
AA x 2 |
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Battery Life |
18 hours |
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Operating Temperature |
-4° F to 158° F (-20° C to 70° C) |
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Waterproof |
IPX7 |
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Floats |
Yes |
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Interface |
NMEA 0183 USB + Serial |
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GPS Receiver |
High Sensitivity |
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GPS Antenna |
Patch |
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External GPS Antenna |
No |
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GPS Constellations |
GPS +
GLONASS +
WAAS |
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GPS Position
Accuracy (95%) |
< 15 meters (GPS), 3 meters (WAAS) |
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GPS Velocity Accuracy |
0.05 meter / second steady state |
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GPS Hot Start |
< 3 seconds |
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GPS Warm Start |
< 15 seconds |
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GPS Cold Start |
< 45 seconds |
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GPS Update Rate |
1 / second, continuous |
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Altimeter |
GPS |
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Barometer |
No |
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Compass |
GPS |
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Routes |
50 |
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Tracks |
100 |
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Waypoints / Geocaches |
1000 |
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Outdoor GPS Games |
No |
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Almanac Information |
Yes (Tides, Sun and Moon, Hunt and Fish) |
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Area Calculation |
Yes |
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Point-to-Point Navigation |
Yes |
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On Road Navigation |
No |
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MOB |
No |
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TracBack |
No |
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Trip Info |
Yes |
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Track Log |
Yes (10,000 points per track) |
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Internal Memory |
1 MB |
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Expandable Memory |
No |
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Pre Loaded POIs |
Yes (marine
point database) |
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Can Add POIs |
Yes |
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Pre Loaded Maps |
No |
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Can
Add Maps |
No |
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Documents |
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GPS 73 Owners Manual |
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GPS 73 Quick Start Guide |
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Sailing Terminology |
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An Introduction to using Garmin GPSr with paper maps |
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Media |
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16NOV15 - Garmin Introduces the GPS 73 Marine Handheld |
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Update History |
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006-B2200-00 |
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2.90 |
- Fix wrong time on the note field of waypoint creation
page.
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2.80 |
- Improve Thai and Vietnamese characters appearance.
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2.70 |
- Add basemap.
- Add local languages.
- Simplified Chinese (w/ keyboard)
- Indonesia Bahasa
- Malaysia Bahasa
- Vietnamese
- Thai (w/ keyboard)
- Add local measuring unit.
- Add local datum.
- Add area calculation improvement.
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2.50 |
- Add character scroll keyboard option for data entry.
- Use the last selected sorting method for general list
page display.
- Fix a waypoint list item layout issue in right to left
languages.
- Change Hongkong timezone text into Beijing.
- Fix GPS rollover until February, 2041.
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2.40 |
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2.30 |
- Show UTC time on GPS satellite page.
- Add directional letters in front of off-course distance.
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