[test54]

GPS, six pack and a NYC rooftop; sounds like a good time to me.

[ruechel]

stins and everyone:

it WORKED. finally...i took my head out of my ass, went to the 22nd floor of the building i live in which is located in the wall street area and BB maps was able to acquire a satellite within 10 seconds. Infospace worked flawlessly as well. a little to early for that beer unfortunately.

stins: now if you could just help me buy a good espresso machine, i will have my future kids working for you as slaves.

thanks to everyone for their input

Cheers,

[ds2007]

One way to insure you are receiving the maximum number of satellites is to not only hold the receiver (Blackberry) away from your body, if possible, but also to be facing in a southerly direction (assuming you are in the northern hemisphere). Most of the satellite orbits are azimuth 15 degrees around to 345 degrees. In other words, at the latitude of central IL. there are very few satellites orbiting in the northern part of the sky, therefore facing south offers the largest number of satellites available.