Re: [Paddlewise] To GPS or NOT to GPS

 I was the one who had the Garmin 38 out when a huge storm came up, and it
could not lock on . I'd add that this was no little storm, it was 20 foot
vis in any direction, the sky was black, it was hard to breathe through rain
this intense,  it was almost as if some one on this list posted about the
"lameness" of Greenland Style traditionals, and the heavens opened up to
punish the transgressor :-)

Dan Volker

-----Original Message-----
From: JCMARTIN43 <JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com>
To: PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] To GPS or NOT to GPS



>In a message dated 98-04-28 10:10:06 EDT, gsb_at_ime.net writes:
>
><< There has been some comments about poor "reception" in heavy clouds
> and/or fog. >>
>
>Dan Hagen's response was good first hand info.  My attempt to answer
Gregg's
>post involved talking to one of our GPS engineers, which, predictably, was
>like drinking out of a fire hydrant.  This led to going to Trimble's web
site
><www.trimble.com>, which was far more informative --- as opposed to
acquiring
><data> --- and effective.  The answers are that, yes, ionization and water
>droplets can effect GPS error rates, but that there are a lot of good
>workarounds on contemporary equipment.
>
>But take the tutorial on Trimble's web site --- easy to understand, and,
>unlike engineers, you can hang up on it if you've had enough.
>
>Joq
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