> This week, I triggered an "OK" inside a subway tunnel. SPOT claimed that the transmission was successful. Unlikely. It can't even get a GPS signal inside the tunnel. Interesting. And doesn't inspire much confidence. > SPOT was unable to find satellites within the city core. The tall skyscrapers were probably blocking the signal. It seems to me that it would be helpful to know where on the horizon that SPOT would find the closest Satellite. If I had gone to the opposite side of the street, perhaps Spot would have found a Satellite to talk to? I think, the Southern horizon. At least, this is where GPS and TV satellites are - close to equator, i.e. in the Southern direction from the Northen hemispehere. You can probably find or calculate the satellites elevation angles at your latitude, but it should be higher than 25 degrees. You might stll be out of luck on either side of the East-West street lined with tall buildings or East-West canyon (if my assumption of equatorial orbit is correct). *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Sep 30 2008 - 20:38:17 PDT
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