[Az-Geocaching] GPS Sensitivity

[AJ George]

My Magellan Map 330 worked anywhere inside my previous house in TX
that was 2500sqft. Exterior walls were hardiplank. Here in AZ, it is 4
feet from a window and can't get a lock. Exterior walls are typical
AZ...the wire mesh with the exterior stucco or whatever it's called
out here. Heck, I can have it sitting on the sill and will only get a
lock if I am lucky.  I took a couple of airplane trips between San
Antonio and Phoenix. I could only get a lock if I kept it up to the
window.  As for vehicles, whether I was in my minivan, now my truck or
in my wifes car, it works like a charm anywhere inside, including the
middle. Kept a lock all the way from Phoenix to Las Vegas. I even
waypointed some benchmarks on Hoover Dam.


On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:49:23 -0700, Brian Casteel <bcasteel at uccinc.net> wrote:
> Quite a few models offer options for external antennas.  My old Vista would
> allow it, as does my current 60C.  To Magellan's credit, they do have a much
> better electronic compass than Garmin does.
> 
> Brian
> Team A.I.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark S" <sublette1 at cox.net>
> To: <listserv at azgeocaching.com>; <bill at freeholder.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] GPS Sensitivity
> 
> > My little Magellan works great in the car but not in the house or in the
> > airplane and I really wanted to track our progress to Las Vegas. I am
> > thinking that I will be more particular when I buy a new one. Garmin seems
> > to dust everyone else in the technical department.
> >
> > So the next question... are there any models with external antennas?
> >
> >
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AJ George II