Thank you to all. I will check these items and report back to the group what I found.
The antenna is up in the clear and I am feeding it with somewhere in the range of 60-75 feet of RG 6 quad shield. Chris — Sent from Mailbox On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Chris Waldrup <kd4...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> But when I unplugged the AC power from the Thunderbolt and plugged it >> back in, I was back to six satellites. >> I had thought that the GPS satellites I am able to see from my location >> are fixed 24/7. Do they move and different satellites come into view with >> rotation of the earth? >> I did a warm reset when I got up at 4:45 this morning and when I got home, >> four satellites were still green on Tboltmon. About an hour ago I went >> ahead and did a cold reset. >> I now have 6 satellites where the SV is green, and one with a yellow SV >> with a value of 7.0. >> > They are in 12 hour orbits. Each satellite is visible twice for a few > hours each day. But there are enough of them that a six channel receiver > should always see six and a 12 channel receiver should always see 12 unless > you have part of the sky blocked or some other problem with the antenna. > Can your antenna see the horizon in all directions 360 degrees? What's the > gain of the antenna and how is it connected to the receiver (what kind of > cable and how long is it?) Is the antenna getting power and the correct > number of volts? > I see the comment about the survey, that has more to do with accuracy then > seeing satellites. But do let it run for a good long time before you > decide if it is working well or not. Wait until after 12 hours then take a > look. > -- > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
