Greg, Funny. Some of the lucent boxes have been in strange places as well. Can you please check your PPS to see if you get a signal when in that other mode (where it needs at least one sat locked)?
> On Jun 2, 2017, at 5:13 PM, Gregory Beat <[email protected]> wrote: > > Received a note from John Koster, W9DDD that TAPR had one complete GPS kit > left. > https://www.tapr.org/gps_exp-kit.html > > Received #CAB083 (2.1mm DC Barrel Jack to Bare Wire/"Pigtail") this morning > via AirMail. > https://www.moddiy.com/products/2.1mm-DC-Barrel-Jack-to-Bare-Wire-%28Open-End%29.html > Took about 10 minutes to finish building 2 adapter cables for the two kits. > I will have to post photos. > > I used an old Linksys router power adapter (12VDC, 1A) for power and an old > Motorola ANT62301 "HockeyPuck" antenna (Marine screw-base) on the patio (some > obstructions). > http://www.dvq.com/stan/041127/TN-491B-motorola-gps-antenna.pdf > > I could not get TAPR/CNS Systems TAC32 software to work under latest update > of Windows 10 (I'll have to ask Rick, W2GPS about that). > > Lady Heather, version 5 came to the rescue (Thank you Mark Sims). > Lady Heather recognized the Motorola M12 receiver quickly. > > I performed a Hardware Reset and then started the Standard Survey. > After about 10 minutes it was tracking, and continuing survey. > > I did read the old coordinates and date from one M12 receiver .... > it last operated in 2014 and its coordinates placed it in middle of Indian > River, west of Melbourne, FL (Space Coast). > Many laughs about why the last report was in river: > 1.) dropped off a barge or boat > 2.) partially recovered from a Falcon 9 booster > 3.) throwing contest from shore > -- > greg, w9gb > > Sent from iPad Air > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
