+dhbaird Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 I have reset my 76 CSX twice in the last few days and then hooked up my external antenna and let it download what ever almanac is available. I am not seeing any WAAS birds any longer. No 35, 48 or 51. What WAAS birds should I be seeing in New England and is there anything else I ought to have done to reset the GPSr so I get the almanac reset? Quote Link to comment
+Cardinal Red Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 According to the info at this link New England has been cut off from WAAS coverage till the new PanAmSat is fully operational (Fall 2006?). Looks like they are still doing Stability Tests and Data Collection. Satellite Navigation Current News Looks like PanAmSat is going to be #48 PanAmSat Status Quote Link to comment
+dhbaird Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 I have reset my 76 CSX twice in the last few days and then hooked up my external antenna and let it download what ever almanac is available. I am not seeing any WAAS birds any longer. No 35, 48 or 51. What WAAS birds should I be seeing in New England and is there anything else I ought to have done to reset the GPSr so I get the almanac reset? if and when I finally see 48 or 51 on my sat acquisition page, do I have to do another reset to download a current almanac from one of them? Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 There is no need to reset a 76Csx as the almanac is hard coded in the firmware. All you need to do is make sure you have the newest GPS firmware. Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I don't know why everyone is so big on doing resets on their units lately. Where you are you will only probabaly see 48 and 51. They are still in test mode but 48 should be operational in a few days. Just be patient. Yes, update your software and firmware. Download the newest version of "webupdater" from garmin. It makes it easy. Enable WAAS in setup. Make sure you are not using battery saver mode. When you are in an open area the unit will take care of the almanac itself. If you see it cycleing through sat numbers, just let it do its thing. Even after you get WAAS (d's above the sat numbers) the new units do not always use or show the WAAS sats. Sometimes you get them and sometimes not. Quote Link to comment
itchytweed Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 If you were trying on Saturday, 28 Oct, for some reason WAAS coverage was very spotty. Both of the new birds in testing were not on line, that I could see outside. New England will have a devil of a time picking up 35. When 48 & 51 stay stable. NE should have no issues. Quote Link to comment
+dhbaird Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 There is no need to reset a 76Csx as the almanac is hard coded in the firmware. All you need to do is make sure you have the newest GPS firmware. Okay, I have the latest webupdater, the SW version is 3.0 the GPS SW version is 2.70. Do I need to wait until they make 2.80 available for the new WAAS almanac or is it in 2.70? Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 You should be good to go. I have 3.0 / 2.70 and recieve the WAAS sats while in test mode fine. Quote Link to comment
ossumguywill Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I have the JTrack 3D website, but what are the names of the sats so I can see where they are? Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 You dont need j track for this because they are geostationary, but here are the names posted by Jim W earlier: Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 And here are their sationary positions: One can readily determine the elevation and bearing of these satellites from your location from these URLs: The below are listed from west to east. Name GPS Series Location POR #47 3F3 Pacific Ocean at 178.0°E@ http://www.lyngsat.com/tracker/inmar3f3.shtml AOR-W #35 3F4 Pacific Ocean at 142.0°W@ http://www.lyngsat.com/tracker/inmar3f4.shtml PanAm #48 Galaxy 15 Pacific Ocean at 133.0°W* http://www.lyngsat.com/tracker/g15.html Anik #51 F1R Pacific Ocean at 107.3°W* http://www.lyngsat.com/tracker/anikf1r.html Inmarsat #34 4F2 Atlantic Ocean at 53.0°W http://www.lyngsat.com/tracker/inmar4f2.shtml AOR-E #33 3F2 West of Africa at 015.5°W http://www.lyngsat.com/tracker/inmar3f2.shtml IOR-W #39 3F1 Indian Ocean at 064.0°E http://www.lyngsat.com/tracker/inmar3f1.shtml Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 And here is the visual: Quote Link to comment
+bennettsweb Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I got some encouraging info today that #48 did well in tests and should be sending coorections soon. > week Quote Link to comment
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