GPS without network coverage?

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Originally Posted by weedahoe

You do not need carrier coverage for GPS. Cell towers and military sats are two totally different things and located in two far different places. You can turn your cell radio off and still do GPS also.

Thanks but I know that, please read my post: "Sometimes I get a lock in 10 seconds, sometimes in 30 seconds but most times I do not get a lock, even when the GPS picks around 8 sats."

There must be something I need to do to get the GPS working correctly and I need to figure out what it is.