[gps-talkusers] e: e: A general question

Hi, Don,

Glad you're enjoying your new devices.
When I flew to Hawaii I nestled the little receiver between the window and the shade, which I pulled mostly down. I had terrific results, including being told I was x miles from Honolulu, I think around 700 something when I tried that command. It was great fun! 

Kathy


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From: "Donald L.  Roberts" <donald_roberts_99@xxxxxxxxx
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 09:44:13 -0700
Subject: [gps-talkusers] A general question



As a user of the Sendero product for less than two weeks along
with my recently acquired Mpower BT, I am enjoying learning the
uses of this marvelous toy.



I recently took it on a jet plane from Minneapolis to Sacramento
which prompts me to ask this question.  I had the window seat on
this flight and fastened the Holux 236 to my shirt collar, so it
was relatively close to the window.  It took the Holux perhaps
two minutes to acquire a fix, and signal quality was only fair
with five satellites as I recall.  And now for the question.  Why
did neither the A command nor the C command yield any
information?  I do not recall verbatim the response, but the
bottom line was that it could not seem to get a fix.  Conversely,
I was able to determine both speed and altitude.  So the question
is why could I not ascertain the nearest city or LL coordinates?
I am certain there is a logical reason for this, but I am too new
at this sort of thing to understand the fine points.



Thanks for any responses.



Don Roberts

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