On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Tony Hoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
John Pettitt wrote:
You have no stats in view and fix quality "0" = invalid.
I now believe the GPS device I have to be faulty.
As I said before - I have a TomTomOne sat on this desk, which says
there's a near 100% signal from 3 satellites here. I can only get the
Garmin to sync when it is suspended right next to the window
That it's less sensitive than the TomTom doesn't make it faulty,
although perhaps unsuitable for you. I think David Taylor commented that
his is less sensitive than other kit he has and has had to be mounted
outside. One of the things that has so far put me off trying GPS is that
I've assumed I need to get it outside and preferably up high. I
potentially have the same issue as David in that all my windows are
modern low emission ones. That and the price, but having found a UK
supplier for under GBP70 I'm tempted.
Since GPS satellites are not geostationary, does it matter which bit of
the sky the unit can see? My office window faces north, which clearly
would be no good for geostationary satellites from the northern
hemisphere, but how about GPS?
--
Chris Hastie
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