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I upgraded my GPS last year, and recently have had it lose satellite reception on every trip. Has anyone else had the same problem?
I'm wondering if it might be due to the Ukraine conflict. The GPS on my phone also lost reception at the same time on one of the trips, so I don't think it is an equipment issue, but I might take my older GPS along on the next trip.
GPS satellites are usa owned, i am not having any issues with either of mine
That resonates for me. I was bush during the weekend they took out Osama bin Laden - I couldn’t get enough to triangulate- yet by the Monday, all was well again
The system was crap for civilian users during Desert Storm as well.
More recently my father found the GPS in his camera wouldn't work in Libya.
The Glonass system is Russian, most modern GPS's use both systems. Apparently the Glonass satellites are better at higher N and S latitudesQuote:
Originally Posted by gonetropo
There's also Galileo which EU owned.
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let me go.............Quote:
Originally Posted by Ned
ok if you were born in the 90's onwards you wont get it
Magnifico! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Yes, looking for dual GPS + GLONAS capability seems wise when purchasing equipment in future.
Wikipedia tells me their accuracy is comparable, which means 'same' for most purposes. If poor, one can maybe still make do with just GPS.
Had a Garmin alpha 100 brought in today with the same problem, we updated it and was very slow to pickup satellites, going back to Garmin to be tested.
Well he is just a poor boy from a poor family
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Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
If you keep weaponizing delivery/reliability of your goods, in this case GPS, people just get fed up and switch to using the other one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taff
You need to ring your goullies for that oneQuote:
Originally Posted by gonetropo
I have a garmin alpha that I use most weekends. Never had it lose reception ever
I took a Garmin on a trip to Europe.
Denmark, Ireland England, Sweden and Germany no problem.
Got to Russia showed Moscow and St Petersberg with no detail and nothing in between.
Chinese have a non public use system too, well it was govt only when they cranked it up a few years back but who knows now?
Couple of places in NZ are a little weird as well - one area was showing me 250m underground and another had me 150m above ground. A little weird when you are trying to work out tracks and things. The new topo map reference model or datum they are using appears to be a lot better in that respect. Going to Mr Purple's maps also helped, but they do appear different to the Topo50's. On that note, is there a more recent release of the Mr Purples maps?
Must have a chat to my son - he works for Dawn Aerospace. Maybe the thrusters they make for European satellites have push some out of obit??