Those of you who have met me have probably gotten a laugh out of my Redneck Hands-free Unit, a necklace I made back in 2003 out of coat hangers and a Magellan car mount that holds my GPS on my chest. Having only one leg I have to cache on crutches, so having my GPS protrude from my chest meant that I could walk without holding it but could glance down and see it.

I quickly learned that this had several additional benefits... the main one being that it greatly increased accuracy!

Having it fairly horizontal and always facing in the direction I was walking, with a clear view of the horizon, that simple little device helped me gain a reputation for getting to ground zero first!

Now this idea has been made into a commercial product (not related to me) and these guys have done a bang-up job of making it into a nice-looking well-built hands-free GPS holder that anyone will benefit from.

Take a look at http://www.nohandsgps.com/ for details and ordering. I highly recommend this product!

By TheAlabamaRambler

TheAlabamaRambler is Ed Manley, husband to GeoRose (Teresa), father of five wonderful humans, grandfather of two more, and an avid geocacher.

Now retired after a decade in the US Navy followed by 28 years of owning and operating Knowledge Management Systems, an IT consultancy specializing in Workflow Analysis and Business Process Improvement, Ed now has the time to pursue his hobbies: Fishing, Geocaching and Ham Radio... the order of importance changes daily!

He is also W4AGA, an Extra-class Amateur Radio Operator with a passion for serving the public through volunteer disaster-relief preparedness and response. Active as a Communicator and Disaster Relief Chaplain in the Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief, American Red Cross (Shelter Manager and ARCHIE Team Lead), the Salvation Army Team Emergency Relief Network (SATERN), Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES AEC - Jefferson County Assistant Emergency Coordinator and OES - Operational Emergency Station) and Assisatant Director of the Zamora Shriners Ham Unit, he can be found on HF daily on 3.965 and on VHF on the Birmingham Amateur Radio Club (BARC) repeater on 146.88.

If you have any interest whatsoever in serving and giving back to your community, saving lives and taking part in the wonderful community of amateur radio please visit http://w4aga.com to learn about the many volunteer opportunities.

Ed is the Editor-In-Chief (sounds high-fallutin, don't it?) of the free online geocaching e-zine The Online Geocacher. He can be contacted via email at mailto:TheAlabamaRambler@gmail.com or by phone at 205-914-6814 from 7 a.m. to Midnight CDT.

73 de W4AGA