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>At present my Garmin GPS 60 has WAAS turned off as I believed that no
>WAAS was available in UK. However, I recently downloaded the Trimble
>Planner which lets me see what satellites are available for a station I
>choose at any particular time and accuracy values. After downloading
>the most up to date Almanac and entering the coordinates I wish to work
>from I find to my surprise that two WAAS satellites are viewable one,
>AOR-W at aprox. 15 degrees Alt., the other, AOR-E at aprox. 30 degrees
>alt. Could I take advantage of them to fine tune position?

> In message , Canopus
> writes
>
>> At present my Garmin GPS 60 has WAAS turned off as I believed that no
>> WAAS was available in UK. However, I recently downloaded the Trimble
>> Planner which lets me see what satellites are available for a station
>> I choose at any particular time and accuracy values. After
>> downloading the most up to date Almanac and entering the coordinates I
>> wish to work from I find to my surprise that two WAAS satellites are
>> viewable one, AOR-W at aprox. 15 degrees Alt., the other, AOR-E at
>> aprox. 30 degrees alt. Could I take advantage of them to fine tune
>> position?
>
>
> Not WAAS but EGNOS, the European equivalent.
>
> Theres some basic information at
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European Geostationary Navigation Overlay
System>
>
> and an EGNOS operations user support site at
> <http://asqf-gnss.com/mambo/>
>

>Goalie of the Century wrote:
>>In message , Canopus
>> writes
>>
>>>At present my Garmin GPS 60 has WAAS turned off as I believed that no
>>>WAAS was available in UK. However, I recently downloaded the Trimble
>>>Planner which lets me see what satellites are available for a station I
>>>choose at any particular time and accuracy values. After downloading the
>>>most up to date Almanac and entering the coordinates I wish to work from
>>>I find to my surprise that two WAAS satellites are viewable one, AOR-W at
>>>aprox. 15 degrees Alt., the other, AOR-E at aprox. 30 degrees alt. Could
>>>I take advantage of them to fine tune position?
>>
>>
>>Not WAAS but EGNOS, the European equivalent.
>>
>>Theres some basic information at
>><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European Geostationary Navigation Overlay
System>
>> and an EGNOS operations user support site at
>><http://asqf-gnss.com/mambo/>
>>
>
>
>I used to find WAAS on a Garmin Geko, but it was very low on the horizon
>so had to climb to the top of a multistory car park with a free view of
>the horizon. Not a chance in an urban area.
>
>john2

> At present my Garmin GPS 60 has WAAS turned off as I believed that no WAAS
> was available in UK. However, I recently downloaded the Trimble Planner
> which lets me see what satellites are available for a station I choose at
> any particular time and accuracy values. After downloading the most up to
> date Almanac and entering the coordinates I wish to work from I find to my
> surprise that two WAAS satellites are viewable one, AOR-W at aprox. 15
> degrees Alt., the other, AOR-E at aprox. 30 degrees alt. Could I take
> advantage of them to fine tune position?