Re: lost satellite reception

I see one can report "operator error." ;-)

Actually, I've had problems similar to what you describe in the past. I've always assumed that it was some issue with the GPSR.

Arthur Hass

budman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Actually, the ETA kept increasing since as far as the unit was concerned, I was
stopped, so I don't know if it got 'hung' or not. However, I did turn it off
for a bit then back on without any success. Then I had it off for about 1.5 hrs
and it still wouldn't get satellite reception on the way back.

At the suggestion below, I went to the US Coastguard NAV center and filled out a
report. If you go to the site, there is a wealth of information. When I
receive a report from them, I'll post it here.

>> if it ever happens again, turn your GPS off, wait 10 seconds and turn it on.
>> It almost sounds from your description like it may have gotten "hung"
>> programatically, and an "off-on" cycle rebooted it.
>>
>> <budman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:8hj7t21gliha1ehpe8djfedellu7qtedqj@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 12, 5:10 pm, bud...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>>> just wondering if anyone else experienced "trouble acquiring satellite"
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> Sunday afternoon, Feb. 11. I live in Southern Ontario Canada and was
>>> northbound
>>>>>> around 1:00 pm est. and suddenly lost satellite reception. It was
>>>>>> overcast
>>> at
>>>>>> the time, but when I came home 2 1/2 hours later, it was partly sunny
>>>>>> and
>>> still
>>>>>> wouldn't connect. Later at around 6pm, I turned my Garmin c340 on and
>>>>>> everything was great.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was concerned that something might be wrong with the unit, but I
>>>>>> drove
>>> around
>>>>>> all day with it on at work today and it always worked.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just wonderin'.
>>>>> Bud
>>>>> Recommend that you report your problem to the US Coast Guard
>>>>> Navigation Center at:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/gps/gpsuserinput.htm
>>>>>
>>>>> If you provide your contact info they should be able to let you know
>>>>> if other users had similar issues.
>>> Very interesting information! Thanks for that.
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