GPS receiver reception

skatj

Will the GPS receiver still function in a semi-closed area, i.e. a sidewalk with a building on one side, a roof on top of it, and complete outdoors on the other side?

Forrest

Probably won't work - you need a clear view of the sky.

steve_b

The reason you need a clear view of the sky is to receive as many GPS satellites as possible.
Most GPS's won't work on less than 3 sats....so if you happen to get 3 sats in a metropolitan downtown....you're lucky.

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<FONT>Steve



What's the best thing to do in a lightning storm? "take a one iron out the bag and hold it straight up above your head, even God cant hit a one iron!"
Lee Travino after the second time being hit by lightning!

curt66140

Give it a try, my Parallax GPS unit suprised the Smile out of me a while ago by locking up in my HOUSE with 6 sats.· I didn't expect that at all and so I've been experminting and it consistently locks up with 6 to 8 sats all the time and I've seen as many as 10 sats a couple of times.· Concrete and metal will kill the signal but if the roof is mostly wood you just may be able to get it to work.

Curt

steve_b

My work has very little reception. All the south facing windows are milar coated and it's a steel structure.
I've got to open a window and line up the GPS with the screen....

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<FONT>Steve



What's the best thing to do in a lightning storm? "take a one iron out the bag and hold it straight up above your head, even God cant hit a one iron!"
Lee Travino after the second time being hit by lightning!

skatj

It's actually in my school, a little on the mountainside. (I don't know if you'd count Honolulu as a "metropolitan downtown")

Thanks, I'll try it out.

Forrest

Dense tree cover will also degrade the GPS signal