Harold Dendy
Member
On Saturday morning, 2/4/23, I set up my T3 and connected my LS+ through UHF, set the base to an autonomous new point to DPOS later, got the green “fix” and was set to go. All standard procedure, no apparent issues.
I set my point collect method in the LS+ to “precise topo” and hit the start button on my first point. The familiar “tok-tok“ point measuring sound went on for over 300 epochs, and past the Javad “DPOS” sound at 300 epochs. Usually, in dense cover, this is not so unusual, but I was in a wide open field with overhead power lines about 200 feet away, and the base station on a 2-meter tripod about 800 feet away on an open rise near a residence. Puzzled, I changed point collect method to my renamed “open” style included In the recent J-field update. Typically, with fixed signal, I get two epochs and I have a very fast solution. It took 45 epochs before I got the Javad “finished“ sound. I tried the new renamed “canopy” point collect style with the same effect as “precise topo“ style - over 300 epochs befor I finally got a fixed solution. I was running in autonomous mode and was only collecting points in an open field - something I do frequently with no problems unless I create one.
I then noticed that I was tracking only 14 satellites instead of the full constellation. I typically get around 28 or more satellites in open country like this. I took about 75 location shots from about 10 am to past noontime, each one using the new “open” point collect style and each shot taking about 45 epochs to complete in an open pasture.
Did anyone else notice anything unusual in the field on Saturday? I am going back out Sunday afternoon to collect a few more points and see if it happens again. I will check back with you guys late this evening.
I set my point collect method in the LS+ to “precise topo” and hit the start button on my first point. The familiar “tok-tok“ point measuring sound went on for over 300 epochs, and past the Javad “DPOS” sound at 300 epochs. Usually, in dense cover, this is not so unusual, but I was in a wide open field with overhead power lines about 200 feet away, and the base station on a 2-meter tripod about 800 feet away on an open rise near a residence. Puzzled, I changed point collect method to my renamed “open” style included In the recent J-field update. Typically, with fixed signal, I get two epochs and I have a very fast solution. It took 45 epochs before I got the Javad “finished“ sound. I tried the new renamed “canopy” point collect style with the same effect as “precise topo“ style - over 300 epochs befor I finally got a fixed solution. I was running in autonomous mode and was only collecting points in an open field - something I do frequently with no problems unless I create one.
I then noticed that I was tracking only 14 satellites instead of the full constellation. I typically get around 28 or more satellites in open country like this. I took about 75 location shots from about 10 am to past noontime, each one using the new “open” point collect style and each shot taking about 45 epochs to complete in an open pasture.
Did anyone else notice anything unusual in the field on Saturday? I am going back out Sunday afternoon to collect a few more points and see if it happens again. I will check back with you guys late this evening.
