+Highland Horde Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 is it possible that I am too far north (in hilly country) to get a WAAS lock? I am on the east cost of Canada at N44° 46.645. I understand that the WAAS sats are along the equator. Where there are a lot of hills around here is it reasonable to expect to never get a WAAS lock? Has anyone (on here) ever got a WAAS lock around Nova Scotia? I have a Garmin Venture HC. The accuracy is consistent at about 5m (according to the GPSr ) I am very pleased with the consistency but hey if I can get better accuracy for placing caches why not? Quote Link to comment
Motorcycle_Mama Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 From this citation, it would seem that you would be covered in Canada. Typical WAAS service area. Dark red indicates best WAAS coverage. The service contours change over time with satellite geometry and ionospheric conditions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WAAS_service_area.png Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 You might try posting the question in the Canada forum. More likely to find somone from your area. Quote Link to comment
+PDOP's Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 is it possible that I am too far north (in hilly country) to get a WAAS lock? Your latitude will not be a problem but the hilly country might be if it blocks the southern sky. The 'view' of WAAS sats for Halifax Nova Scotia (N44.6818 W63.6094) is: WAAS 48 PRN 135 Elevation: 5.9° Azimuth: 255.2° WAAS 51 PRN 138 Elevation: 23.0° Azimuth: 233.6° Note that WAAS 48 PRN 135 will be taken out of service shortly as discussed here. but the other geo is much higher in the sky for your area. Quote Link to comment
+trondkj Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Cannot say for WAAS, but in Europe I can get a lock on EGNOS at 69° N. Mountains can come in the way many times, though. I suppose those satellites (EGNOS/WAAS) are at the same height to be geostationary. Quote Link to comment
xyzee Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 I made waypoints for the WAAS Sats. Then a quick GO TO would help tell me what might be blocking the signal. Quote Link to comment
+peiguy Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 I can get a row of D's north of you in PEI. I'm using a COLORADO 300 and picking up WAAS satellite 48. Quote Link to comment
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