I'm not an expert on things 'GPS' however as a Ham radio amateur I can say vertical orientation is important, a clear view of the southern sky, correct operating voltage, and patience. Tim R On Apr 17, 2013, at 3:52 AM, Dan Moses (Home) wrote:
> In preparation for the NASA SLI launch this Saturday, I had the team turn on > their TeleMetrum to simulate the up to 1 hour hold time on the pad. It has > been months since the altimeter has been even turned on. In general, we > could not get any GpS satellites (0). We left the unit on for the hour and > the monitor indicated 3 sats had been found, but no lock (none expected, of > course). We took the altimeter for a walk around the neighborhood in the > hopes of avoiding shadowing, but with no improvement. We will try again today > in case the local ionosphere LOS was particularly strange yesterday, but that > is really grasping at straws. Can someone point us in the right direction to > troubleshoot the problem? > Dan and the FCHS SLI Team > Somewhere in the saddle on the way to AL > _______________________________________________ > altusmetrum mailing list > altusmetrum@lists.gag.com > http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum
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