I was experimenting with a low speed Smart Beacon Profile on a T2 (with integrated 5W VHF transceiver) and encountered an unexpectedly high beaconing rate when parked. My settings were as follows:
Slow Speed: 0.0 MPH TX rate: 7193 sec High Speed: 4 MPH TX rate: 61 sec Turn angle: 15 deg Max TX rate: 3 sec The shallow turn angle and fast TX rate was set to see if I could reliably double beacon on street corners. The issue arose when parked: Initially, as anticipated, the T2 did not beacon, but after 10 minutes sitting, it began beaconing every few seconds until I shut it off. After thinking about what could cause this it occurred to me that beaconing may be triggered when the uncertainty in sequential GPS readings causes the T2 turning algorithm to be satisfied. However, since I don't know the details of the turning algorithm I can only guess how to avoid this boundary condition. Can anyone shed some light on this?
