I tried the TM by itself a couple times and it was taking about 8-10
minutes to get a lock. I had it in the shade of a small tree in my back
yard, so I moved it to the middle of the yard on a small plastic stool.
That seemed to work a little better (6-8 minutes?). I turned on the RRC2
and it was about the same. I tried the camera without the RRC2 and it went
over 10 minutes. I added more aluminum tape on the backside of the camera
module and around the ribbon cable from the module to the camera board.
That got it back under 10 minutes.

I tried firing up my Garmin Oregon 450. It had 9 satellites in view and had
a lock within a minute.  The most I saw from the TM was 7. It usually took
6 to get a lock. For now I'm going to chalk it up to living in a somewhat
densely populated area with 2 story houses, trees and my large patio cover
in the way.

I never unplugged the battery from the TM. I have a screw switch I'm using
to arm it.


On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 2:17 PM, W7AMI <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Chris,
>
>    If you can narrow it down to just the camera, try disconnecting the
> imager from the electronics and see if that makes a difference?   Is the
> problem worse when recording than just with the camera powered on?
>
>    You might also consider using copper tape to seal up all the gaps in
> the shielding of the electronics package.   Gaps can radiate an amazing
> amount of energy sometimes.
>
>    EMI mitigation is part science and part black magic in my opinion.
> What works one time won't work the next.   Grrrr!
>
> Terry
>
>
> On 7/12/2015 1:07 PM, Chris Attebery wrote:
>
> Hi Terry,
>
>  I was outside, but only about 10 feet from my house. I think I had 6
> satellites in the initial solution and 10 in view. I fired it up by itself
> until it found a lock and then turned it off. Then I fired up the other two
> and turned it back on in the same spot.
>
>  I'll turn it on by itself and time it a couple times. Once I have a good
> feel for it's lock time I'll try with just the RRC2 and see if it makes a
> difference.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>
>  Chris
>
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 12:00 PM, W7AMI <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>  Chris,
>>
>>    Indoors or out doors?    How many satellites were in the solution?
>>
>>    The first time you turn on a GPS receiver in a new location it
>> sometimes takes longer to lock up than if it is close to where it was last
>> used.
>>
>>    Try the Telemetrum with just the RRC2+ to see if you can eliminate it
>> as the problem source of the problem.
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/12/2015 12:43 PM, Chris Attebery wrote:
>>
>>   Hey guys,
>>
>>  I finished my altimeter bay integration last night. I fired up the
>> Telemetrum 2.0 by itself and it took 5-10 minutes for it to get GPS lock. I
>> turned it off and then turned on my camera and Missile Works RRC2+ before
>> turning on the Telemetrum on this time I let it sit for 6 minutes and it
>> never found any satellites and never got a lock.
>>
>>  I have the camera board shielded but the camera module is unshielded
>> and near the Telemetrum. I've been told that writing to the SD card on the
>> camera produces a lot of noise and can interfere with GPS signals. Any
>> suggestions?
>>
>>
>> ​
>>
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