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Satellites

Postby Kickinghorse » Mon 23 Jan, 2023 11:21 am

Been quiet a while since I fired up the GPS unit and was surprised/heartened by the speed it acquired a signal down to the usual 3 Metres. The response being twice as fast as previous sessions.(Adelaide)
Is there some new Sat positioning information I’ve missed, or is this just a case of happenstance ?

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Re: Satellites

Postby Hiking Exped » Tue 24 Jan, 2023 11:14 am

Interestingly I’ve found mine faster in some regions, but slower and even hard to get a signal in others.
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Re: Satellites

Postby wander » Tue 24 Jan, 2023 12:17 pm

What type of gps?
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Re: Satellites

Postby Hiking Exped » Tue 24 Jan, 2023 1:13 pm

I use an Iridium satphone with a GPS location ability. I guess a satphone may require a better satellite signal for speech and not just a data link.
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Re: Satellites

Postby Kickinghorse » Fri 27 Jan, 2023 9:12 am

Mine a Garmin Montana 610.
This from a Media release but not in our sky’s for a while yet.

https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/mi ... ositioning

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Re: Satellites

Postby Warin » Fri 27 Jan, 2023 1:21 pm

Hiking Exped wrote:I use an Iridium satphone with a GPS location ability. I guess a satphone may require a better satellite signal for speech and not just a data link.


Satellite phones use different frequencies from GPS systems... so that makes things little more difficult for the designer.
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