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[RC] GPS watch - Jonni JewellFrom the booklet that came with the watch: *** Weak GPS Signal- The GPS transceiver is losing its signals from the satellites. Move to an area that is more open and free of metal objects. If the signal is weak or totally lost for short periods of time, the system has technique to maintain reliable speed and distance information. *** I know, does not really explain how it does it....when I ride in the woods, I it will often beep, that it has a weak signal. Our woods usually do not last long without at least a peak of blue sky. As soon as I get some sky, I find the watch will no longer show a weak signal. The transceiver knows your location from where you were when you lost the signal, to where it picked it up again. It can tell how long it took for you to get there, and the distance between loss of signal, and gaining it again. I had trouble keeping the signal at two rides. One that is very flat, east Texas, but VERY tall pine trees. The other was at the Winding Stair ride in Oklahoma. Again, more tall, thick trees. I ride mostly in an area with Oaks and Elm trees. They are not as tall at the pines in east Texas, so they gave me more chances of open sky. A friend and I both rode with our watches, to measure, and put up mileage markers on a new trail. Our watches stayed VERY close to the same reading over a 25 mile course. They really are a great tool! Jonni (who rode 9.92 miles today, with a max. speed of 10.3mph) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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