Just reading through many threads trying to improve my rate of achieving FIX Solution status and saw ivereninov comment in thread Rover get fix solution status very difficult! - #8 by TB_RTK about putting the base on a tripod. Why does this have any effect? I ask because I am using a base in exactly that mode, on the ground. I was under the impression that multipath was a huge issue and so my unit with a cake pan metal plane under the antenna and sitting on the ground should not get any multipath I would think? So what is the advantage of putting the base on a tripod?
Also my rover will be used over water. Identical unit to the base. Metal cake pan as the metal ground plane under antenna. In use it will be on a float about 20cm above the surface of the water where I am surveying.