Solar Storm

[steveR]

Been having some very weird issues today when drilling with the autosteer...

Solar storm issues I am guessing as not seen this before...

 

[David.]

It's Putin, trying to increase our yields by making crooked rows.

 

[Deerefarmer]

Been having some very weird issues today when drilling with the autosteer...

Solar storm issues I am guessing as not seen this before...

Seen a post elsewhere on social media about guys losing gps signal yesterday..thats.all I know

 

[Flatlander]

Seen a post elsewhere on social media about guys losing gps signal yesterday..thats.all I know

Same this side of the pond. Yesterday was a sh1t show. Going to be some stripes in the fields. Today it’s back to normal. Except 59 acre into the first field today and small thunderstorm barely big enough to show up on the radar stopped everyone. I was lucky to be in the headland but neighbour had a 3/4 mile walk across the wet gumbo.

 

[clbarclay]

RTK2go's been as fragile as ever, but the gps has been fine when the internet isn't holding up the Ntrip.

 

[Deerefarmer]

Same this side of the pond. Yesterday was a sh1t show. Going to be some stripes in the fields. Today it’s back to normal. Except 59 acre into the first field today and small thunderstorm barely big enough to show up on the radar stopped everyone. I was lucky to be in the headland but neighbour had a 3/4 mile walk across the wet gumbo.

Lol.....similar weather in these parts right now. Btw....is there a pond between US and Canada

 

[clbarclay]

They have the Great Ponds?

 

[SMID]

Trimble RTX Fast lost the plot for a time on Friday night .

 

[Deerefarmer]

They have the Great Ponds?

Well yeah but....they're not totally separating me and him

 

[Deerefarmer]

Geomagnetic Storm Affecting GPS Signals - May 2024 - Landmark Implement

landmarkimp.com

 

[Flatlander]

Lol.....similar weather in these parts right now. Btw....is there a pond between US and Canada

Lol. Didn’t realize you were out of the states. What area are you in

 

[ridger]

My gps started working again last night when I hooked sprayer off

 

[egbert]

They have the Great Ponds?

I recall spending several days hitching along the Great Ponds.
Lodged in a Pondside cabin on Pond Superior one night....fabulous!

 

[steveR]

My gps started working again last night when I hooked sprayer off

Fortunately, mine was OK when spraying roundup last night, around 8.30pm.

Seemed to have full sats, but it was the RTK issue??

The issues had been earlier in the day, quite odd really, the unit had to be driven up the drill line for a fair distance if I had been away from the field filling the drill/lunch for a while, as the autosteer could not get the correct line and bearing for steering, yet the line on the screen was spot on... Even had to reboot a couple of times, and one time, put a new A-B line

 

[steveR]

Still misbehaving this morning when the toys came out of the pram.

Interestingly, I had put my phone down last night and used Google finder to locate it this morning. Ringer worked just fine, but location finding was 2 miles out, which was a real surprise as I have always found it to be REALLY accurate, down to 2metres or so!

I was chatting with my RTK signal provider and he was saying mobiles have been having issues, as well as the GPS related problems a lot of us have experienced.

 

[Northern farmer]

We've had strong northern lights but no issues with autosteer/RTK. Thought northern areas should have been affected more than southern.

 

[steveR]

We've had strong northern lights but no issues with autosteer/RTK. Thought northern areas should have been affected more than southern.

Be grateful

No lights seen here.... at least not when I was awake!!