[time-nuts] Failure mode in GPS receivers
Bruce Lane
kyrrin at bluefeathertech.com
Sun Dec 17 20:04:06 UTC 2006
Hi, Poul,
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On 17-Dec-06 at 19:54 Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>In message <200612171136230661.088C8673 at 192.168.42.129>, "Bruce Lane"
>writes:
>>Fellow clock-tickers,
>>
>> In the group's experience, what's the most common failure
>> mode for GPS receivers, especially older ones, that could stop them
>> from hearing the sats?
>
>Antenna damage.
Are you sure? Especially considering that the other two devices connected to the same antenna are working just fine? ;-)
Just thought I'd remind folks of that -- My main antenna feeds a four-way splitter, and two of the three devices hooked to it are functioning quite well.
Thanks.
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