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Re[3]: TWL: Too WAAS or Not Too WAAS

From: Peter Bennett (no email)
Date: Tue Jul 01 2003 - 12:16:31 EDT

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    Tuesday, July 1, 2003, 7:25:09 AM, Mike wrote:

    > At 08:01 PM 6/30/03 -0700, you wrote:
    >>However, if the WAAS signal gets a bit weak (and depending on the page
    >>I'm displaying on the GPS), the NMEA-0183 data output from the GPS
    >>gets totally buggered up (to use a technical term), and the autopilot
    >>starts beeping, and complaining "No Data from the GPS".

    > Sounds like a problem for Garmin. Have you updated the internal software to
    > the latest version? Sounds like a bug to me.

    Yes, I did report it once, but Garmin couldn't reproduce the problem
    in Kansas - I have a little more info now on when/where the problem
    occurs, so I should probably report it again.

    -- 
    Peter Bennett, VE7CEI    Vancouver, B.C., Canada
    GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter 
    Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver-webpages.com/van-ps
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