| fetzler | Posted: 19 May 2021, 03:41 PM |
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I recently purchased the GPS clock. It does NOT sync. It just counts up the time since turning the device on. All digits display something. Just dashes for the date digits. I have tried 3 different antennas - the supplied antenna, the active antenna discussed in the instructions and a magnetic puck antenna. I placed the clock in a treeless field for 12 hours. No sync ever. I have three Icom radios with built in GPS units. I can turn on these radios Anywhere in my house and they will have GPS sync buy the time I can open the appropriate display - less than 2 min (likely considerably less). My Android tablet also has quick acquisition. Maybe this is one for the parts drawer. ------------- |
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| mit | Posted: 19 May 2021, 03:58 PM |
 yeah whatever Admin Posts: 538 Joined: 4-May 16 |
Sorry about that - by the sound of it the GPS module is dead. With the active antenna it usually gets a fix indoors very quickly. There are a few reasons this might have happened, but it's probably easiest if I just post a new GPS module to you. If you send me an email I'll do that soon. ------------- |
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| mit | Posted: 21 May 2021, 11:18 AM |
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yeah whatever Admin Posts: 538 Joined: 4-May 16 |
(following email, new GPS module posted) In future I think I'll test every single GPS module before sending them. I'll make a jig so it shouldn't take too long. I should mention that a while back, I sent someone a replacement GPS module only to find that it didn't fix their problem, and the first GPS module was fine. It was a soldering error all along, but I jumped to conclusions that it was the GPS module at fault. I might also add some extra info to the instructions page - the modules have a very high gain amplifier so they're going to be very sensitive to static shock. If anything killed the GPS module, it's most likely a static discharge to the antenna connector. ------------- |
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