I just checked mine and I am locking on to 6 satellites with a pretty
decent signal strength. The Accuracy is 48ft and the DOP is 2.1

I am in Okinawa, so maybe the satellites are not as accurate in this
area for some reason. It is just strange that this has only started
in the last week or so. No big deal, it still works fine when I am
moving. However when stopped, since it changes headings all the time,
I don't get an accurate "stopped time" and "moving time" calculation
since it is always moving. I'm about to take a trip to Hawaii, I'll
check it there to see if it gets any better in that part of the world.

Thanks for the comments,

Glenn

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 07:06:45 -0500, "Dennis O'Connor"
wrote:

It is working perfectly... The erratic motion when standing still is due to
two major items...
One, is the fact that your built in antenna is not recovering the data
stream as consistently as an external antenna will - are you sorrounded by
buildings?... Go out into an open area away from trees and buildings, or get
an external antenna and it will quiet down...
Second, the nature of gps is that there is a circle of confusion around the
fix point... The more satellites your unit sees with consistent data the
smaller the circle of confusion..
When your unit is dithering what is the EPE and DOP showing? I just ran out
to the car to check mine and the EPE is 28 feet, and the DOP is 1.7... The
heading was stable... The altitude was bouncing around about 4 to 5 feet
with variations in the data stream...
Do a google on gps and read up on the technology a bit...

cheers ... denny
"Glenn Westfall" wrote in message
.. .
I have a Garmin 196 and just in the past week or so it is acting
strange. I get a signal just fine, but when I am standing still it
constanly changes headings. It never moves in a direction, just turns
in circles sporatically. Once I begin to move, it tracks just fine.
But as soon as I stop, it constantly changes headings again. Anyone
else experience this? I upgraded to the latest software, but that
didn't fix the problem.

Glenn