WAAS on 60CSx

[+Ultimate 5]

is there a way to tell if I am using WAAS on my Garmin 60CSx? in a forum someone said that they could tell WHICH satillite was WAAS.

[+W2RLR (PIAA_NISSAN)]

You will see a "D" near the bottom of each bar of satellite signal. You can enable or disable it in the setup menu and it won't work if your using battery saver. IIRC the satellites above 35 are the WAAS correction sats. It's all in your manual

Edited December 29, 2006 by piaa_nissan

[+Ultimate 5]

sometimes they are almost all "D", your saying those are all WAAS satillites?

[shivia]

sometimes they are almost all "D", your saying those are all WAAS satillites?

- "D" stands for "Differential", not for "Digital", I think.

- If my memory is good, WAAS Sat number are 33 and up. The new one we can see is 51.

[+Jim W]

Here's the WAAS Satellites, Check out this Web Site and scroll down to How WAAS gets used by the Garmin receiver

 

Edited December 29, 2006 by Jim W

[+mbarb]

The satellites that have the "D" are the normal satellites, the "D" indicated that you are using WAAS, or Differential. When the normal satellites have the "D" you will see one bar without the "D", this is the satellite providing the differential data and should be one from the list above.

[+Sputnik 57]

The 'D' stands for timing differential. This means you received a timing differential update on that specific satellite. The GPSRs typically only receive this update through a signal sent from the WAAS satellites. WAAS Satellites are any satellite you are receiving with a number of 33 or higher.