997 GPS loosing lock???

**Cane Pole** · 10-08-2008, 01:01 PM

Kept loosing satellites at Lake Arkabutla, Ms. this past weekend. Anyone ever experience this prob?

**TnT** · 10-08-2008, 01:26 PM

I had the same thing happen at Lake Talquin in FL this past weekend with my Eagle 502c...Hmmmmm

**frank lawhead** · 10-08-2008, 01:38 PM

I don,t remember the 997 but my 5200,s will loose waas lock quite a bit up here on a really overcast day---garmin map 76 stays locked pretty good and its in the worst spot on the boat
Never have these problems on a clear day

**PanMan_VA** · 10-08-2008, 05:27 PM

My unit has lost lock a time or two but is able to correct the problem in a short period of time. It occurs mostly when there is heavy cloud cover or when I'm under a thick canopy of trees.

**TnT** · 10-09-2008, 06:58 AM

Mine would recover in just a short period of time, but I have never had it to lose communications like it did last weekend. The weather was great.

**Rowdy** · 10-09-2008, 11:05 AM

Our local T.V. station said there would be some interuptions last week with solar flars or something like that, it may have something to do with the satalites??
Rowdy

**speckfinder** · 10-09-2008, 04:25 PM

Global Warming maybe? El Nino perhaps?

**feelay** · 10-09-2008, 06:57 PM

Aliens, preparing for invasion!

**FisherMike** · 10-09-2008, 07:08 PM

Nope,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Obama.

**fishordie** · 10-10-2008, 07:42 AM

I used my new 797 on Tuesday for the first time and had the same problem that others have talked about with the GPS side of Hummingbird. I had all my waypoints loaded on the 797 and it would either be way off or would reception all together.

Thankfully I read on this forum not to trust the Hummingbird GPS and had my Garmin 378 that I have used for three years and has never stirred me the wrong way.

LOL

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