Re: GPS - advice please

Rich Gort (rich@gorts.com)
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:23:22 -0700 (PDT)


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Bruce,

Tell it the date and time and an approximate lat/long, then give it a few
minutes. Alternatively, let it keep trying, but it may take awhile...like
even an hour, but if the unit is not broken and the ant is working that
should do the trick.

Rich Gort
WWP19 #202 SAYOKO
Lake Stevens, WA
Sailing Northern Puget Sound and North Cascades Mountain Lakes

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 Wwpottergb@aol.com wrote:

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> I was out on the Solent all weekend, Lymington/Cowes area and in sight of
> West Wight all the time (!).
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> My Magellan Meridian XL gps (dated 1996) was having trouble locating any
> satellites at all. I have re-initialised (what a word) but still no action.
> The instrument has been in my nav bag all winter so I was not surprised that
> the date + time were wrong but this is the first time it has stayed dumb
> after a period without use. Batteries are fresh.
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> Short of fighting thro' the instruction book I'd be glad of some helpful tips.
>
> Bruce Longstaff
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> AX06 URSA MINOR
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