Hurm, your unit should work just fine in china, it is the GLOBAL Positioning System afterall. The only think I can think of is that you don't have autolocate on. On my Garmin (GPS III), if you have changed your position significantly you need to give it a approx location so it knows what sats to look for. The other method is to use the autolocate feature where it will scan all sats until it can find some useable ones. However, this can take a while so be patient, especially if your on say, the other side of the planet from the last known location ;-).
Just my $0.02, not to say that there could be something else going on but I can't think of anything else that would prevent the GPS unit from getting a fix. -James +----------------+ | James C. Ho | | KB1HCU | | Pasadena, CA | +----------------+ On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Chris wrote: > > I have a Garmin eTrex Venture GPS unit. Works fine in here in Pasadena. I > get the minimum number of satelite needed to make it work. I dont use any > external antennas. It works fine out of the box plus batteries. > > I visited southern China and was sad to find that i could only pick up 1 > satelite from the rural area i was in. I went to a 'larger' city and tried > it from the roof of my hotel, and still just 1 satelite. > There were no significant mountain ranges within sight, and I could see a > long way off. > I later visited Hong Kong where there is lots of technology, but only could > hit 1 and sometimes 2 satelites. Not enough to work. > When I returned to Pasadena I opened my suite case, fired it up, and it > worked like a charm. > > Does our military cripple GPS signal strength over China? Can anyone offer > another explaination? > > Chris > >
