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    Suunto 9 with the recent GPS firmware was among least accurate GPS watches in today's 25K trail race

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    • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
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      Just for the info, I am running 2 FW’s ahead and expect this week a new one with Beidou as well.

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        @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos happy running 😉💪

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        • freeheelerF Offline
          freeheeler @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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          @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
          great info, I’ll store my cable in the backpack 🙂

          living sideways

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          • isaziI Offline
            isazi Moderator @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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            @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos interesting, is Suunto the first vendor to add Beidou compatibility? I’ve always been curious about the system, they have 47 working satellites and seem to always be visible 🙂

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            • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
              Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @isazi
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              @isazi I think COROS is the first todo so with their latest (Dec) update (or Jan dont remember well)

              I think Suunto was the first to power up that chip and add Galileo support.

              From my tests with COROS it has improved track quality (using BEIDOU) and from other feedback I have seen.

              I would love to provide comparisons once the FW is a bit steady, promised later this week (for testers). (Which could also be delayed due to Sony).

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                @isazi
                …please don’t mind me asking… is it basically possible to use beidou standalone?

                living sideways

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                  Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @isazi
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                  @isazi For the reference , as a Galileo enthousiast, the continuous unreliability of the constellation for me, it has proved worse than Glonass. I still use it, but would really like to

                  A) EU FIX it , it is still problematic
                  b) See some real improvement of tracks with BEIDOU

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                  • MarynM Offline
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                      isazi Moderator @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos same here, I love Galileo and would love to see it thrive, but man it fails horribly at times 😞

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                      • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                        Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @freeheeler
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                        @TELE-HO I don’t think any of those can be atm used as standalones. BEIDOU does not have good coverage in my area at least. Yes it has a few sats though.

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                        • MarynM Offline
                          Maryn Silver Members @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                          @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos power consumption is similar to gps+glo or gps+gal?

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                          • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                            Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @isazi
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                            @isazi yeah exactly. Some times I am like woooohooo. Look at this smoothness, and some other times -> Offset of 100m like wtf. I run with 3 S9 different constellations 10cm apart from each arm and you can clearly see who fucked up (which system)

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                            • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
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                              @Maryn Good question. I dont know. For QZSS for example the battery damage is 0 , for Gali more, and for glonass less than Gali

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                              • MarynM Offline
                                Maryn Silver Members @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos based on your experience which is more reliable? Only GPS?

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                                • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                                  Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @Maryn
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                                  @Maryn atm not sure. I will come back with test results. Dont want to give false hopes.

                                  In theory GPS + GLO = Better and have not seen anything strage tbh

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                                    Maryn Silver Members @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                    @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos ok, understood but better than GPS standalone? 🙂

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                                    • EgikaE Offline
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                                      ist there a good website that shows satellite coverage with the various systems and for a selectable region?

                                      Thx!

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                                      • freeheelerF Offline
                                        freeheeler @Egika
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                                        @Egika
                                        yes there is, I remember that either @isazi or @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos has posted a phone app that shows live satellites of the famous (of not all?) systems…
                                        BUT I’ve searched for it but can’t recall atm the topic and discussion…
                                        it must have been in the S9 pro’s and con’s or in the firmware update wishlist… sorry

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                                        • MarynM Offline
                                          Maryn Silver Members @Egika
                                          last edited by Maryn

                                          @Egika Coros introduced similar thing directly in watch .
                                          Maybe we can vote for such feature 🙂

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                                          • freeheelerF Offline
                                            freeheeler @Maryn
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                                            @Maryn
                                            an indicator about satellite reception quality 👍

                                            living sideways

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