Garmin 1350 Cannot get sattelite signal today

I drove 160 miles round trip today with my Garmin 1350 and I couldn't get
more than 1 orange bar at best... No signal. Perfect weather, clear skies,
only very cold... no physical interference. Any thoughts about potential
reasons?

mac

Mubarak shut the satellites down :<)

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Regards,
Richard Harison

Some cars used to have window tinting that blocks radiosignals from
penetrating into the car.
Did you make any changes to your car or is this a different car from your
usual one?
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Best regards
Han
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Mac -

What was the temperature of the GPS? If you had the heater going full
blast, it might have been a bit too warm for it.

A far-fetched possibility is that there was a temperature inversion in
the area of your trip. Such a weather phenomenon might have trapped GPS
signals in a "duct" that carried them great distances, but at a higher
altitude than where you were.

There could have been a solar flare that disrupted GPS signals, but we
would probably have heard about that.

Fred

I believe the GPS is damaged. I left the GPS overnight inside the car one
night the temperature dropped to single digits. After that it hasn't
worked well. Today I was able to lock the satellites, after more than 30
minutes, but it dropped it after a few minutes for no apparent reason and
could not re-lock the signal again.

I think I'll call Garmin on Monday to get an RMA and send it for repairs. I
hope it is cost effective rather than just buying a new one...

mac