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November 13th 04, 07:16 AM
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"bd" wrote in message om... I have a GPS 90 that doe not work. It powers up and seem alright except for the fact it doesn't pick up satelites. Anybody know if there is a reasonable fix for this without spending an arm and leg with Garmin? It could be a bad antenna. It is a passive printed circuit spiral antenna, soldered to the BNC connector. Borrow another antenna, either passive or active, as the 90 supplies 5v to the BNC for powering an active gain antenna (just a antenna with an amplifier in the antenna module). If it is the antenna, crack yours apart and resolder the printed circuit foil to the BNC (usually where it fails). It is fairly simple to fix if you are handy with a small soldering iron. J. Severyn KLVK 
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November 14th 04, 05:39 PM
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I had a similar problem. Went to the fresh start mode, took about 45 mins,
but eventually found the sats. Unlikely it's bust. "J. Severyn" wrote in message ... "bd" wrote in message om... I have a GPS 90 that doe not work. It powers up and seem alright except for the fact it doesn't pick up satelites. Anybody know if there is a reasonable fix for this without spending an arm and leg with Garmin? It could be a bad antenna. It is a passive printed circuit spiral antenna, soldered to the BNC connector. Borrow another antenna, either passive or active, as the 90 supplies 5v to the BNC for powering an active gain antenna (just a antenna with an amplifier in the antenna module). If it is the antenna, crack yours apart and resolder the printed circuit foil to the BNC (usually where it fails). It is fairly simple to fix if you are handy with a small soldering iron. J. Severyn KLVK
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