TracPhone V7 User’s Guide
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Chapter 4 - Troubleshooting
General Status: Positional
The Positional section provides the following helpful information:
Status Field
Description
Latitude, Longitude
Your vessel’s position, reported
by the antenna’s GPS
Satellite Longitude
Longitude (orbital slot) of the
current service satellite
Satellite Handoff Status
Availability of an adjacent
satellite for continued coverage:
• Handoff satellite available - At
your vessel’s position, another
satellite’s coverage area
(footprint) overlaps your
current satellite’s footprint
• No satellite available - There
are no adjacent satellites;
coverage will be lost once you
travel outside the current
satellite’s footprint
Satellite Handoff Distance
Number of miles between your
vessel’s position and the nearest
boundary of your current
satellite’s footprint (this boundary
might not be located along your
direction of travel)
