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Garmin GPS 72 - Unusual readings ?
I recently purchased a Garmin GPS 72. Since it's not really boating weather here - and the trailer isn't done yet - I've been experimenting with it in other situations. Last week I helped a friend of mine drive a Pensky box truck with a car carrier trailer (and car) from Boston to LA. We took turns driving and sleeping and made it in 71 hours. ANYWAY - I took the GPS along and got some strange readings. On the trip page it shows average speed while moving, overall average speed, trip odometer, etc. The other thing it shows is max speed. I've used this in my car and it seems to work OK, but in the truck it sometimes showed max-speeds as high as 115 mph. The truck *could not* go over 75. I figured this was probably some interference from being in the metal cab, from the engine (which is under the cab) or from the radio or our cell phones. So I moved the GPS to a spot away from the engine and cell phones and the problem seemed to go away. BUT - in CA we went on a 6 mile hike/walk. Again I brought the GPS and for a while it operated normally. But by the end of the trip it showed max-speed as 15 MPH. I know we were only walking at 3 or 4 mph. We never jogged or fell or anything - there is no way we got up to even 10 mph. And I didn't have any cell phone with me to create any interference. Though I did have a digital camera (off) in the same bag. So, questions: - Is this normal? - Why might it happen? (Is it innaccuracies of the GPS system, this particular model, or maybe interference?) - If I see that the max-speed is inaccurate, should I also assume that the other readings (odometer, average speed) are inaccurate? Gary |
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