Float can be more accurate than fixed. Those two terms are a little more than placebo. Float is often within tenths and fixed is sometimes out a couple of meters though I agree that fixed is normally better.
Mission planning. Just cuz there are enough satellites doesn't mean there is good geometry.
did you check what the sun was doing?
I have been having 'some issues' with my RTK setup and had a 'check' day yesterday (13th March) to see what I could salvage from 2 previous attempts at RTK cadastral control.
It would not fix at all for me yesterday, but I did have a rather dubious base battery that I changed for a nearby farmers rideon battery. Didn't give me a fix though.
I see the solar muscles have been flexing recently so haven't discounted their effect.
Sun has been very active 2 last weeks, this may have an affect. Check here for current state in the top right corner.
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/NGSRealTimeUserGuidelines.v1.1.pdf pdf page 30. (paper page 24)
Agreed. Another thing Brad might want to figure out is if high cellular link to the CORS tower or network is working correctly. Can he verify he is actually receiving correction messages? And is he receiving them regularly without interruptions?
