Peter, this is a wild guess, sort of!I don't know how similar these receivers are to the 2700ISX but I had a similar problem with it and the solution ...
JDB, I'd be surprised if the internal batteries have given up the ghost, unless you've left the receivers for a very long time. It might be worth leav...
Accuracy Limit Settings?As usual the answer is 'it depends'. I've certainly managed repeatability better than 0.02m, that was checked against total st...
Franz, is this the GSR2700 ISX? The only voice message you'll get is 'RTK lost'. If you have the 'config' tool you could check the base radio power se...
UPDATE-Backsight check using Total Station doesn't match GPSTry levelling between the points as well - an independent check on their relative heights?
Tripod/Total Station setup proceduresMy tuition on setting up the tripod amounted to: 'Senter with the Screws, Level with the Legs'.
We have a problem, Houston!The low tech alternative? I'm reminded of the 'goose' type paraffin lanterns we used on grass airstrips at night, no cables...
OK. Here's the Mark III GLOWSURV Back SightCould you simplify things but just having say a red 3mm led viewed directly. That way you'd also have a hei...
OK. Here's the Mark III GLOWSURV Back SightI wonder if a yellow or orange glowing part, rather than white, would reduce glare?
The office floor, at home, about 180', the sea about a mile away in 3 directions. I was surveying at the last spring tides at -12', for a cable landfa...
This is the Novatel support page for the receivers (ie the boards inside the Sokkia units):The latest firmware version is 3.906 According to a news re...
DonThis was my last feedback from Sokkia on the subject, back in 2012, so it might not be accurate now,We Topcon/Sokkia have not had any contact with ...
Don't worry Kent, 'fast lane' won't come into it when the lawyers get involved.
Previous thread on more or less the same subject:
I'm reminded of the scumbag who stole an emergency radio beacon off a friend's boat, activated when it turns right way up from hanging inverted on the...
Don't let anyone push you into doing stuff in a hurry, and learn to sift out the set out that is needed tomorrow from the non urgent that can wait for...
I used to use these, but at $10 each the cost soon adds up.A cheaper alternative is to use old larch fence posts, usually about 4" square, cut off abo...
GPS HeadThat's superior to being level headed Jim!I have been thinking though whether a head mounted GPS rover would be workable, using the distance o...
