I own at least two Garmin handhelds that park out-of-service sat symbols at due north on the horizon. But they don't do anything like that finger.
Dana On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 9:30 AM Bob kb8tq <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Your GPS antenna does not have a clue where signals are coming from. The > only > way things get plotted is based on the almanac data. If it sees sat Id 21, > it looks in > the almanac for id 21. If the almanac says it’s over India, that’s where > it goes on the > resulting plot. > > Best guess: you are seeing intermod of some sort that your receiver > interprets as a > signal from a sat that can’t actually be in view. > > Bob > > > On Nov 10, 2021, at 9:54 AM, Dan Kemppainen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > So, that finger of signal appearing above the north pole shows up even > after the GPS survey is done. Any ideas on how to figure out what's causing > that? > > > > My first thought is to try look at it with a different model of GPS unit. > > > > Is it possible it could be a signal reflection in the cable or something > weird going on in the feed??? > > > > Another thought would be to log the GPS data, to sort out which birds > the GPS thinks is up there. Comparing to where they actually are would help > sort out what the signal might be bouncing off of. > > > > Dan > > > > > > On 11/9/2021 3:30 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Message: 1 > >> Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2021 16:36:49 -0800 > >> From: Hal Murray <[email protected]> > >> What's the blue finger sticking out into the North Pole hole? > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe > send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send > an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there.
