and the global coverage map shows http://www.schriever.af.mil/GpsSupportCenter/reports/uclas_world_dop.gif
from http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/gps/status_and_outage_info.htm that China is not covered to well. or Canada, or Hawaii, or much of africa, or our own mid-west Sorry. Gotta see 3 to get a fix, and your gps "remebered" it was in SoCalif, and can't figure out what happened with just 2 birds visible. That's why getting a subscription to a enhancement service is needed sometimes, but they run off a ground station. --- Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > ===== "Welcome to the Darwinian Gene Pool Preserve. Go ahead and lean over the safety rail as far as you like and hand feed the carnivores." Non-Sequitor by Wiley
