quimbly Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Is it just me, or has there been a distinct lack of EGNOS for the past couple of weeks? I have successfully picked up signals on my Geko before, but I can't remember seeing any Ds during November. I'm worried it may be connected to upgrading my software to v2.2, as I don't think I've seen the Geko pick up EGNOS satellites since then... Quote Link to comment
+Brenin Tegeingl Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 EGNOS satellites are still in testing, signals are not permanently on, and can very between full signal and test signals. They are supposed to go operational in the near future. Dave Quote Link to comment
+paul.blitz Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 EGNOS satellites are still in testing, signals are not permanently on, and can very between full signal and test signals. They are supposed to go operational in the near future. Dave I was looking at the egnos web site the other day, and from what I could work out, the new satellite that provides the egnos for UK hasn't been turned on yet, although its due any time now..... I am assuming that the previous egnos signals we were able to receive came from another (temporary) satellite, and that has been disabled now. Paul Quote Link to comment
+Seasider Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 I was looking at the egnos web site the other day, and from what I could work out, the new satellite that provides the egnos for UK hasn't been turned on yet, although its due any time now..... I am assuming that the previous egnos signals we were able to receive came from another (temporary) satellite, and that has been disabled now. Paul Yup. That's my understanding as well. Seasider Quote Link to comment
quimbly Posted December 3, 2003 Author Share Posted December 3, 2003 Ta, folks, I had looked at the web site that tells you when it's broadcasting, but hadn't seen a page to the effect that the UK might not be covered. Does anyone find that leaving their GPS receiver in WAAS mode drains the batteries faster, as I read somewhere? I'd rather leave it in WAAS mode so I pick up the lovely EGNOSes without having to know when they are due to turn the satellite on. Quote Link to comment
+Subarite Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 The EGNOS test bed web page can be found here. The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) satellite is at a low angle and is difficult to receive. The Artemis satellite isn't operational yet. The main problem is Atlantic Ocean Region East AOR-E is switched off and was the satellite that was most useful . We have to wait a while before we get any decent coverage again. Andy. Quote Link to comment
DeputyDawg Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 I heard today from a source that EGNOS after periods of testing...should be fully up and running in April next year! Will update as soon as, or any changes. DD Quote Link to comment
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