Lost Satellite
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fans727218f7
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  I have been losing the satellite signal during my P3 standard fights lately.  Have good wifi and radio signals but the satellite drops and then I lose everything.  Any ideas why?
2017-5-9
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Peterx
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Germany
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In what location was your bird flying? Did hills or mountains surrounding the place?
2017-5-9
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DroneSmeg
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Flight distance : 478461 ft
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Losing satellite or losing RC signal? There has apparently been some solar activity recently. Perhaps that has caused the problem?
2017-5-9
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Mark The Droner
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Have you crashed or hard-landed recently?
2017-5-10
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fans727218f7
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No. Neither.  I did install the argtek range extender, but had several great fights before the satellite thing began.  Flew tonight and didn't have a satelite problem.  Did get my first Battery Error though.
2017-5-12
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14jnewmy14
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What time of day was it? I know when I used to survey depending on the time of day and where the satellites were on the horizon sometimes they would dip below it and we would lose signal, I imagine the same thing happens with our drones. Are you losing all satellites or just a few?
2017-5-12
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fans727218f7
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I fly after 11pm, after work.  I lose all satellites. Usually 10, but sometimes as few as 8.  They just drop off even though I have decent wifi and radio signal.   I lost the signal at different distances when at different locations.  I thought losing satellite odd, considering the signal goes to the drone, does it not.?
2017-5-13
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Mark The Droner
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Sounds like a hardware problem to me.  Loose GPS plug, cracked GPS antenna, bad GPS module, etc.  
2017-5-13
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fans727218f7
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I will check the plug. Thanks
2017-5-13
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