GPS Signal

ramzez · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 10, 2005 Posts: 98

Hi,

I was using TomTom 5 and BT77 (Nemerix chipse) GPS receiver in London, and the reception is really poor, does anyone else experience it?

If you have good signal in central London can you reply what GPS you using?

Many thanks.

aliendad · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:21 am Post subject:

i'm using the new fortuna slim with ttm5 and I get aprox 6/7 sat's in and around TCR

laich71 · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:20 pm Post subject:

Do you have a coating on your wind screen cos i've heared this affects reception.
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ramzez · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 10, 2005 Posts: 98

i think i do. the best place is to put it on the dash board, but my receivers always slips when i turn :-(

tanto · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 20, 2005 Posts: 7

i use some self adhesive velcro to stick my receiver to the dashboard then when not in use you can shove it in the glove box

dave_bass5 · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:03 pm Post subject:

i have the same GPS as you and a Nokia 6680 running TT5m and im in the holborn area. in a car reception is ok. its got me out of town ok but sometimes it takes a while to get a fix (4-10 mins) even though its seeing 3-4 sats. this is in a Ford focus with the reciever on the dash. ive tried it walking and get no fix at all even when it can see 4-5 sats. this is in the same area so i guess maybe (just maybe) the metal of the car helps and also being on the road you are away from the buildings a bit.

Dave.

aliendad · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:18 pm Post subject:

boy must we look silly walking around holburn & tottenham court road trying to see where we are going by mobile phone Laughing

my wife thinks i am sad, we were sitting on the train going to liverpool st this morning and i was showing her the train following track on the map and the speed we were doing! (61mph btw)

dave_bass5 · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject:

Ha ha. yes. i agree. boys and their toys eh?
I do it just to prove to myself its a workable system for when i need to rely on it but also if i have to go somewhere for the first time its handy to have a list of cashpoints, tube stations etc in the area.
I have seen people with the reciever in a band on a hat walking through the city, now that is strange.

dave.

aliendad · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject:

using a belt clip doesn't show so much,

but the external antenna glued to my head gives the game away Laughing

aliendad · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:32 pm Post subject:

dave_bass5 · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject:

Cool. thanks.
i havent seen that before. as soon as i get my BT-338 ill give it a try

Dave.

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