[time-nuts] basic question on GPS satellites

paul swed paulswedb at gmail.com
Mon May 16 00:00:02 UTC 2011


Shouldn't be doing it that fast
Would indicate a poor signal level might be my guess.
Is your antenna above the tree line?
Wet leaves can be nasty at 1.5 Ghz
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 6:30 PM, W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:

> Hi there. Recently acquired my first GPSDO. It is a datum 9390 (thank you,
> Norm!).  One aspect of its behavior seems strange to me.  Within a matter
> of
> a few minutes, it seems that satellites are appearing and disappearing.
>  Are
> the satellites moving that quickly?  I might go from 1SV to 3SV or 4SV and
> then a minute later go to 1SV or none.  The antenna isn't moving and the
> trees aren't moving too much today.  I have not done anything with regard
> to
> setting minimum elevation or any other parameters.  I did go through the
> COLD RESTART procedure to clear out everything and let it start from
> scratch.
>
>
>
> Do other GPSDO users experience something like this?
>
> 73 Eugene W2HX
>
>
>
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