Guest Hard Slate Posted July 21, 2001 Share Posted July 21, 2001 A while back I ran across the coords for the waas satellites.I didn't give it a lot of thought at the time,but since my etrex legend will be here in a couple days.... Quote Link to comment
Guest morganw Posted July 21, 2001 Share Posted July 21, 2001 You won't need the sat. coordinates for waas to work. From Charlotte, the WAAS satellite will show up as GPS satellite number 35. You will need a fairly decent view of the southern sky to pick it up. I usually have no trouble getting a good fix from my car when travelling east/west/south, but not much luck when moving north (of course an external antenna would solve that problem). Quote Link to comment
Guest Iron Chef Posted July 22, 2001 Share Posted July 22, 2001 quote:Originally posted by Hard Slate:A while back I ran across the coords for the waas satellites.I didn't give it a lot of thought at the time,but since my etrex legend will be here in a couple days.... The coords may just be the geo-sync position where the sat is located all those miles above the surface, but they are not necessary to get the unit to work. Just hold it up to the sky and your eTrex will take care of the rest (after you turn on WAAS that is since Garmin ships the units with the option turned off by default). And the broadcast range is incredibly far (I can get a good lock on bird 35 from the west coast easily) so it shouldnt be a problem for you to get a lock as long as you have that view of the eastern sky. Your eTrex will show you the approximate position of the WAAS sat from your current position. Good luck! ------------------ -Iron Chef _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ agefive.com/geocache/ ~ Fe-26 Lets Drive Fast and Eat Cheese! Quote Link to comment
Guest Hard Slate Posted July 22, 2001 Share Posted July 22, 2001 O.K.,thanks guys,just thought it might be helpful.Interedting if nothing else. Quote Link to comment
Guest Hard Slate Posted July 24, 2001 Share Posted July 24, 2001 Got my first lock today!6 foot accuracy! Yes! Quote Link to comment
Guest bwolv Posted July 25, 2001 Share Posted July 25, 2001 You don't need it, but for those curious, the west WAAS satellite is 0 lat, and 178E Long. (Note that's East logitude!) It's an Inmarsat comercial communication satellite that the FAA has purchased space on, it transmits both Psudeo range (normal GPS stuff) data with WAAS data encoded within. Quote Link to comment
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