[time-nuts] New NTBW50AA

[Bob Camp]

Hi

If it's trying to get a position *and* it goes below 4 sats due to antenna location, it will go to the red light mode. Once it's got a position it will hold in there with one sat. The modern nav GPS's are much more sensitive than the older GPSDO's, so you will need a better antenna location for them than for a new hand held.

Bob

On Sep 7, 2013, at 1:38 PM, quartz55 <quartz55 at hughes.net> wrote:

> OK, I got the thing started up, the com port seems to work with LH.  Of course it says bad position.  I've got a screen shot of the startup, after about 15 minutes the green LED went on, indicating lock, but after about a half hour, it went out and the red light went on indicating a fault according to the book I have.  I turned it off after doing a screen shot.  I'll post them later.
> 
> I guess I need to figure out how to do a reset?
> 
> According to the book, it should acquire the new position auto within 1 hour, but not sure about that.  I got a good stiff 30VDC supply feeding it and the ripple is well under 100mV at the input to the connector.
> 
> I found out don't stop the unit without exiting LH or it locks up the computer.
> 
> The Nuvi GPS gizmo I have gets the signals inside my shack, so I guess it may be good outside in the clear above the roof.  However, it may be hard to get the antenna out from under the trees.
> 
> I'm going to Paris (VA) to see Sylvie and have a martini.  I'll be back in a few hours.
> 
> Dave
> N3DT
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