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October 15, 2003

Garmin GPS V 2.50 Woes

Garmin cheerfully announce an update to the GPS V firmware that it assures me that it has:

Further improvements and corrections for WAAS support in the Eastern Hemisphere.

And of course ever since then, it's not picked up a European EGNOS satellite since. Presumably because I'm just over the magical border into the western hemisphere? Expect a 2.51 or 2.60 version before you know it.

More of the same RSS

ESTB SIS Broadcast Schedule: A link to the European Space Agency's EGNOS timetable.
Satellites on, satellites off: The issue with using EGNOS satellites with the GPS V appears not be so much with Garmin's firmware, but the European Space Agency.

The upgrade that needs to downgrade: Despite Garmin claiming that version 2.50 of their firmware is all good and that EGNOS are to blame, a downgrade to 2.40 of the GPS V firmware appears to fix everything.

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