[gps-talkusers] Re: e: My Latest Experience with GPS
- From: "Ken Perry" <kperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:59:58 -0700
Nod this helps I use the BT 338 and it is rated at 38 seconds but I find
along with the reviews I have read on line I get a fix with in 2 to 3
seconds. So I was wondering how they could get faster. I think its more
important to look for the channels which I think is 32 on the Holux m-1000
where the BT 338 only has 20. I wonder though if it is better than the BT
338 though because they say the BT can pick up signals as low as 13 DB from
satellites when normal gps receivers are rated at no lower than 20 db. I
couldn't find the db rating for the Holux does it say in the manual? I will
go see if I can find it on line.
Ken
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Grabowski
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 9:05 AM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: e: My Latest Experience with GPS
Hi,
According to the manual the Holux m-1000 cold start is rated at 36 seconds.
The majority of the time, I turn on my m-1000 then the bn then enter GPS.
I normally have a fix quite rapidly after that.
Hope this helps.
Chris
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:45:02 -0700, "Ken Perry" <kperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
>
>I have seen a few posts about the holux m-1000 and that it would cause
>better boot up speeds. I am currently not using the Sendero GPS
>product and am interested in how long it takes for most people to get
>connected with the satellite.
>
>Ken
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of richard
>synnott
>Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 2:23 AM
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] e: My Latest Experience with GPS
>
>Hi Joleen,
>what receiver are you using?
>if you're not currently using the holux m-1000, I'm sure this would
>improve things greatly regarding sattellite tracking, accuracy and
>boot-up time if you were to acquire one.
>On the other hand, if you are using the m-1000, I don't know what to
>suggest other than to say it sounds like a mapping problem.
>Don't give up, though.
>All the bestst, Richard.
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: Joleen <cjferg@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:08:36 -0700
>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] My Latest Experience with GPS
>
>>Hi All,
>
>>Let me share my latest experience with GPS.
>
>>Yesterday I was traveling to a camp site where my driver had forgotten
>>to bring his map.
>
>>With a sense that I could be of real help, I took out my GPS and
>>created a route from Yakima to Camp Ghormley. I was able to give
>>directions. At one point, we turned onto a gravel road. It turned
>>out to be a very poor road with wash-out areas. After traveling
>>several miles on this "path" my BN announced that we had arrived!
>>Where were we? No where! The camp was not anywhere around there.
>
>>With my hopes dashed, we turned around and made our way back to the
>>road more traveled. Eventually we found the right turn and I put a
>>user POI at the camp entrance.
>
>>My bad luck again. The actual camp entrance was 3.48 miles from the
>>GPS location. After this and previous experiences, I now am shy of
>>using my GPS to do any navigation for others.
>
>>Still eager to make GPS work for me, I took time to fire it up as I
>>was shown from the cabin to the main lodge. Confident that I had
>>learned well how to create a manual route, I set out. I put in a
>>series of way points along the trail. All seemed well.
>>However, after dinner and when it was dark, I found someone else who
>>was also staying in my cabin. She was not sure of the direction.
>>Again, I suggested that my GPS could help us in the dark. I started
>>it up and had to pair the receiver due to a spontaneous BN crash and
>>reset earlier in the afternoon.
>>Eventually I was successful in getting the BN and receiver to see each
>>other. Then there was a long wait for a fix. My friend remained
>>patient. Eventually there was success. Now, all I had to do was to
>>reverse the route. All I could get from it was that I could not
>>recalculate the route. It was only after I gave up and followed her
>>guesses that we made our way to the cabin.
>>There, I worked with it until I realized that I had probably exited
>>the main lodge at a door different from the one I had set as a way point.
>>Both doors would have been on the same side of the building, but I
>>suspect that they were more than 30 feet apart.
>
>>One more try. When I was ready to come home, all I needed was to get
>>my luggage from the cabin. My driver had not been to the cabin and
>>there seemed to be no one to ask. Again, I tried my GPS. This time,
>>I knew it could help because I had a user POI.
>>It must have taken ten minutes to acquire a fix. Meanwhile, We got
>>into the car and he drove around trying to spot the cabin.
>>As we pulled up to it, my GPS announced that we had arrived. It was
>>too late to be of any benefit this time. He had seen the sign far
>>earlier than the GPS.
>
>>I am afraid my GPS is becoming a source of great humor. No one will
>>trust it. I am afraid that in my circumstances, I have little
>>confidence that it can be relied upon for much of anything.
>
>>I am grateful that Tele Atlas is looking at the major discrepancies in
>>my home town. However, the wilderness areas of Washington state also
>>seem to be questionable as my trips to two different camp sites in
>>very different parts of the state have both yielded errors of 3.5 miles.
>
>>Trying to be enthusiastic about my GPS.
>
>>Joleen
>
>
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