[time-nuts] Deaf Z3801

Mike Cook michael.cook at sfr.fr
Wed Nov 15 03:26:25 EST 2017


> Le 15 nov. 2017 à 04:43, Bob Bownes <bownes at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> 
> I put my 3801 back in service the day before yesterday, or tried to. It’s been on the shelf for about a year (off). 
> 
> I powered it up, and while it sees a few sats, it will not acquire any. Changing to a known good antenna (off the NTP server) makes no difference. 
> 
> Anyone seen the behavior before? The location data is good, but the time/date are way out. 

  Probably GPS week rollover. I think the fix is to power it up with the antenna disconnected, set te date and time manually and then reconnect the antenna.

> 
> Thanks!
> Bob
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