[aprssig] Garmin GPS35PC not getting fix

[Curt Mills]

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Amir's email wrote:

> OTOH, this unit is so old, the technology so ancient that it may not be able
> to perform. I don't remember how many channels the 35 has, but they
> definitely are not parallel, so it will take a long while to lock on the
> satellite and retaining acquisition in a car, where at least half the sky is
> covered by the roof, well it is going to be iffy at best.

Huh?  It most certainly has parallel receivers, 12 of them.  It was
going for $440 retail at the time I bought mine, but I bought it for
a bit less used from someone that only needed one for testing a
short time.  So I bought mine when they were quite new.  It was the
first 12-channel parallel unit from Garmin that I could actually get
my hands on.

It doesn't have WAAS, but it is 12-channel parallel and locks up
nice and fast.

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