Subject: Re: Vancouver site with 10 to 12 sat signals, inc WAAS
Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:32:27 GMT

dpatton@remove-for-nospam.direct.ca (Dave Patton) wrote in 
<9071C762Bmrzaphoddirectca@198.80.55.10>:
>I have found a site in Vancouver where I can get
>as many as 12 satellite signals at once, including
>two WAAS satellites(POR & AOR-W).
>
>If anyone is interested, I'll post the location,
>and some general directions.

OK, three people have asked, so here's the info:

WGS84 datum.
UTM: 10U W485369.74 N5457944.25

This is on the south side of the Jericho Sailing
Centre parking lot. I parked my Pathfinder in a
parking spot two spaces to the East of the signpost
with the sign regarding the grass. This is just to
the west of the tennis courts. I parked facing south.
I placed the eTrex Venture, with WAAS enabled, on
the hood of the Pathfinder, with the antenna-end of
the Venture pointed roughly North. There were no
other cars immediately adjacent to mine.
I let the Venture sit on the hood "for a while",
while making sure I was either inside the vehicle,
or standing at least 6 feet away.

I have observed the satellite page in this location
on at least three three different dates, and each
time I can receive from 10 to 12 signals - in other
words, black signal strength bars. Sometimes I get
both WAAS signals(POR(shows as 47) & AOR-W(35)).