[OZAPRS] Getting a GPS15H to work after 12 months of power off?

[Andrew Rich]

Can u send some NMEA data please 

I had one of these as well.

It did take some time. Maybe 15 minutes.

Andrew

power cycle it again.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Damien Gardner Jnr" <rendrag at rendrag.net>
To: "Australian APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:00 PM
Subject: [OZAPRS] Getting a GPS15H to work after 12 months of power off?


> Hi Folks, me again ;)
> 
> So I ended up ordering an MCX-terminated antenna from JA-GPS, which  
> arrived this afternoon.. Shoved it on the shed roof, and ran the cable  
> inside, plugged it into the GPS15H, and powered it up..  Came back 30  
> mins later and it still doesn't have a lock..
> 
> I'm wondering if there's something I need to do with the GPS15 to  
> initialise it after being powered off for 12 months or so?  I've sent  
> it a $PGRMI sentence to tell it where/when it is, which it was happy  
> with, and seems to be keeping time ok on it's internal clock.. - but  
> no satellite lock?
> 
> Any thoughts?? :)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Damien
> 
> Damien Gardner Jnr
> VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust
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