Article: 99894 of sci.geo.satellite-nav From: mdr+sgsn@HONet.com (Michael Rathbun) Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: Only 5 sattelites in view, WHY? Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 17:49:17 GMT Organization: Home Office Networks Lines: 20 Message-ID: X-Orig-Message-ID: <3725f6fa.507607811@rabendary.tesp.com> References: <3723b9e3.16386169@news> <3725302f.0@news1.meer.net> Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at airmail.net to report improper postings NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library2.iadfw.net NNTP-Posting-Time: Tue Apr 27 12:49:24 1999 NNTP-Posting-Host: !\e.11k-Y6b%78@0KT46 (Encoded at Airnews!) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 X-Authenticated-User: mdr Path: news1.meer.net!news3.best.com!news2.best.com!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!nntp.primenet.com!news.airnews.net!cabal10.airnews.net!cabal1.airnews.net!news-f.iadfw.net!rabendary.tesp.com!lusz.iadfw.net Xref: news1.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:99894 In <3725302f.0@news1.meer.net> (sci.geo.satellite-nav) on 26 Apr 1999 20:34:07 +0700 woolsey@jlw.com (Jeff Woolsey) wrote: >The unit starts up and displays only a small number of satellites in >the sky. Initially six, it quickly decreased to four. They were shown >near the northeast horizon, and all could be heard full strength (with >a Lowe antenna, external power supply, DGPS available). Eventually the >unit asked to select init method, and I let it keep trying for another >ten minutes. Still no position (the unit's time looked right, and its >position on the map was where I'd left it). I selected AutoLocate, and >it's been doing that now for about an hour with no success. Next, >power-cycle, and put the GPS III Pilot out there. This morning, firing up the GIII+, I noticed that there were four or five black bars but no fix after several minutes. Looking at the satellite display, I see only one SV (26) located exactly at zenith. None of the black bars is labeled 26. After a power cycle, I saw a normal-looking sat display, and a 3-D lock within 30 seconds.