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GPS no longer working on flex8400

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grosler
grosler Member ✭✭
in FLEX-8000 Signature Series
New flex8400. GPS worked fine for 2 days. Now, the GPS status always says "Warming up" while the gps indicator is flashing yellow. GPS is showing 15 sat visible. GPS antenna location has not changed since it stopped working.

Tried disconnecting the antenna and powering off the radio for 5 min. Did not fix the problem.

Suggestions?

Greg N7RDJ

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  • Mike VE3CKO
    Mike VE3CKO Member ✭✭✭
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    Without further information as to the antenna placement like ground floor, basement, etc., repositioning the antenna was the first logical thing to do. I had similar experience with my antenna in the drop ceiling in basement near an outside wall. No windows nearby. It only took moving it about 6" or so, then bingo.

  • grosler
    grosler Member ✭✭
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  • Gary Schulz
    Gary Schulz Member ✭✭
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    Similar issue here immediately after my upgrade to v3.10.10 I have the GPS antenna outside on a bracket on my tower so it has a decently clear LOS to much of the sky and it had been working prior to my upgrade however the operation has always been characteristically slow when acquiring satellites. There isn't much in the way of diagnostics to help confirm what might be wrong for instance if the antenna is an active design they could confirm connectivity and basic operation by measuring current draw but instead there are no satellites visible etc… Just a continuous yellow light so anyone else seeing issues?

  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin
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    Please open a support ticket.

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