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Spies
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:43 pm    Post subject: EGNOS/WAAS Reply with quote
Is there any point in enabling this for rural UK use? Are there many EGNOS/WAAS around the UK?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I had it enabled on my GPS60 (GARMIN) all last weekend whilst doing a lot of walking. Never noticed a DGPS lock. For general recreational use I wouldn't worry about it. It still doesn't give you the accuracy to tell you if you are at the top or the bottom of a cliff Laughing


There are only a few sats up there giving a service and I believe from the UK they are usually low down in the sky.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
philpugh wrote:
There are only a few sats up there giving a service and I believe from the UK they are usually low down in the sky.


Yes, they are quite low in the Southern sky so they aren't that easy to pick up. I haven't had that much success getting a lock on them even in good condtitions.

You can switch it on and it won't do any harm, though I haven't seen it do much good either. Confused
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