[Dstar] Melbourne Metro Railway Network

[Simon Templar]

Maybe you need to get a magnetic antenna that you can chuck up on the roof
of the train when you start work and take it down when you finish to get
satellite acquisition.    :)

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 09:33, Ron <vk3ant at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> Was a bad night for GPS aquasition last night.
> Never aquired a satellite all the way from Flinders Street station to
> Williamstown and return and my run to Upfield was not that much better, only
> aquired the satellites after my arrival at Upfield and, hopefully, were
> visable for the run back to the city.
>
> For APRS I use the THD-7 and a Magellan "color" GPS and I had trouble
> aquiring satellites on the Williamstown, Upfield and Broadmeadows lines in
> the past so it was no real supprise about last night, just disappointment.
>
> Anyway, I know from APRS the weak areas for satellite aquasition, just a
> pity I get more runs over these 3 lines than the other 12 lines.



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belong to.

73 de Simon, VK3XEM.
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