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Re: [a bit OT] GPS signals


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: [a bit OT] GPS signals
  • From: "Rob Lamb" <rjl@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:42:48 -0000
  • Mailing-list: list ukha_d@xxxxxxx; contact ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
  • Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Pete,

my TomTom has been working fine although it does use a magnetic
external antenna.

Rob

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "White, Peter" <peter.white@b...>
wrote:
> All
>
> I bought a GPS gatso detector lest week, and it worked fine on a
quick
> check-out test.  I went to install it over the weekend, and it
failed to
> acquire any satellite signals, no matter how long I left it.  I
called
> Snooper tech support this morning, and they are claiming that the
GPS
> signals have been 'turned down' due to something about the lunar
eclipse
> last week.  I pointed out that my satnav system still works fine,
but
> apparently this is more powerful than the GPS aerial supplied with
my
> Snooper.
>
> I feel like I've just been made a mug of, but is there any element
of truth
> to this?  Have any of you with Tom Toms or similar experience
problems since
> around last Thursday?
>
> Pete
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



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