[time-nuts] GPRS zero azimuth and elevation, most PRN displayed as not O/K,

Mark C. Stephens marks at non-stop.com.au
Tue Jun 25 02:41:19 EDT 2013


I have a GPSR2 with unusual; GPS behaviour.

E-113>:syst:stat?
[ Active ] -------------------- GPSR 2 Status --------------------------------
SYNCHRONIZATION ........................... [ Outputs Valid/Reduced Accuracy ]
SmartClock Mode _________________________    Reference OutPuts _______________
>> Locked to GPS                             TFOM     3          FFOM        0
   Recovery                                  1PPS TI  +0 ns
   Holdover                                  HOLD THR
   Power-up                                  Holdover Uncertainty_____________
                                             Predict

ACQUISITION ............................................... [ GPS 1PPS Valid ]
Tracking: 5       Not Tracking: 7            Time ____________________________
PRN  El  Az  C/N   PRN  El  Az               GPS      06:37:39     25 Jun 2013
  1    0   0   49    3  Not OK               GPS 1PPS  Synchronized to GPS
11    0   0   47    6  Not OK               ANT DLY      28 ns
14   25 349   43   15  Not OK               Position ________________________
31    0   0   49   18  Not OK               MODE     Hold
32    0   0   47   21  Not OK
                    22  Not OK               LAT      S  33:45:49.374
                    27  Not OK               LOG      E 151:05:31.495
                                             HGT              +118.61 m  (MSL)
ELEV MASK 25 deg
HEALTH MONITOR ........................................................ [ OK ]
Self Test: OK   Int Pwr: OK   Oven Pwr: OK   OCXO: OK   EFC: OK   GPS Rcv: OK
Alarms:    (none)


As you can see the Azimuth and elevation are zero.

Group opinion please, bad antenna connector or bad GPS module?


-marki


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