On 04/13/2011 05:27 AM, Max Robinson wrote:
This morning at 10 AM CDT my GPS clock read 8 PM July 5th. My wife reported that the time had been 2 hours off at 6 AM local time. She didn't notice if it was AM or PM. The parabolic dish icon was missing from the display. I manually set the time and date but when compared to my two WWVB clocks it was clear it was in holdover mode. I waited about 3 hours then removed the batteries and reinstalled them. I set the time zone and left it to it's own devices. It set itself correctly in about 10 minutes and the dish icon was back. I wonder what happened. Could their have been a shortage of satellites that caused the receiver to lose lock?
Not very likely. With 32 birds in the sky, there is no lack of them, it's the maximum amount normal GPS receivers can handle.
Why wouldn't it reacquire on it's own? If I had been a little more patient would it have reacquired on its own? I'm sure no one knows the answer to the last question. Speculation is welcome.
If the GPS receiver or the presentation computer hangs is two different things. I guess the later would be more likely.
Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
