Guest Kerry Posted September 16, 2001 Share Posted September 16, 2001 WAAS supposedly had issues on Sept 14th and nothing has been updated on that status since then which is not normal. Has anybody received WAAS corrections since that date? Cheers, Kerry. Quote Link to comment
Guest ClayJar Posted September 16, 2001 Share Posted September 16, 2001 day, so it seems something's working. Quote Link to comment
Guest GeoMullen Posted September 16, 2001 Share Posted September 16, 2001 Tuesday, my accuracy was something like 150 feet, when it should have been 24 or so feet. Since then, everything has been normal, so I think it maybe one day thing, or just a couple of hours. Quote Link to comment
Guest Hawk-eye Posted September 17, 2001 Share Posted September 17, 2001 seems to be working on the east coast Quote Link to comment
Guest hfmcan34 Posted September 19, 2001 Share Posted September 19, 2001 I live near Detroit and have never been able to pick up a WAAS signal on my Vista. Has anyone from Michigan had any luck? Quote Link to comment
Guest Point2Point Posted September 20, 2001 Share Posted September 20, 2001 I am in the Pittsburgh area and have been able to get WAAS reception. I was just outside messing around and was getting reception from 10 satellites plus WAAS #35 and my Vista was reading 7 feet accuracy. Amazing. However, WAAS did not stay locked very well because the satellite was just below my 45 degree horizon. When I faced the Vista at the satellite, it was able to hold a signal fairly well. While moving around it dropped in and out. Not sure if that satellite gets any closer to me or if there is better reception at other times of day, still experimenting. GPS units with external antenna probably do better at picking up the WAAS signal. Quote Link to comment
Guest Kerry Posted September 20, 2001 Share Posted September 20, 2001 Point2Point, that's one of the advantages of an external antenna especially with WAAS. While you were moving around your body is enough to interfere with signal reception. With a handheld it's always generally improved reception (no Sats over the poles anyway) if one faced the equator. This is probably even more important with WAAS as the WAAS Sats (2 of them) are also over the equator and geo-stationary. Cheers, Kerry. Quote Link to comment
Guest Growley Posted September 21, 2001 Share Posted September 21, 2001 Here on the East Coast (NC) I have not had any problem picking up WAAS with my GPSMAP 76. Yesterday I received my external antenna (Ebay, $35.00) and had immediate signal boost and WAAS on all "birds" that I was receiving (10 or 11). No complaints here. Quote Link to comment
Guest martinp13 Posted September 21, 2001 Share Posted September 21, 2001 Since no one else has done it, I'll say it: WAASup!!!!! Sorry. It had to be done. ------------------ > Martin Magellan 330 (1.56/WAAS enabled!) Don't have time to program and record your shows while geocaching? Get a TiVo ! Quote Link to comment
Guest martinp13 Posted September 21, 2001 Share Posted September 21, 2001 Since no one else has done it, I'll say it: WAASup!!!!! Sorry. It had to be done. ------------------ > Martin Magellan 330 (1.56/WAAS enabled!) Don't have time to program and record your shows while geocaching? Get a TiVo ! Quote Link to comment
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