Talex Lite in heavy rain

[Beefheart]

I've just completed a long journey in heavy rain and found my Talex Lite lost satellite contact quite frequently and, as a consequence, completely missed a number of fixed cameras.

As a comparison, my Garmin 250W remained 'locked on' at all times and, loaded with the PGPSW database, performed flawlessly.
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Nuvi 250W. 3.60, City Navigator NT 2008. PGPSW database.
Talex Lite alternating Talex & Novus databases.
Garmin etrex Vista 3.60
Anquet Maps v06 6.2.11

[Kremmen]

Never had a problem with mine. Even under a veil of trees it seems to work OK.

It is only a Sirf2 I think whilst the more modern stuff is Sirf3
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Satnav:
Garmin 2599 LMT-D (Indoor test rig)
DashCam:
Viofo A119 V3
Car Average MPG :

[Darren]

If is is an earlier generation GPS receiver then that is a typical symptom of degraded GPS performance.

The SiRFStarII receivers were much less sensitive and so heavy rain could be enough to tip the balance between lock and no lock.
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Darren Griffin

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