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Why does a vehicle's GPS tracker go offline when a metal chain is attached with vehicle chassis?

There's two things that I think are thinkable here: Since your vehicle is a tall-window truck, and the GSM device is situated close to the front window, we should have no "grounding" ...
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Why does a vehicle's GPS tracker go offline when a metal chain is attached with vehicle chassis?

My guess: The body of most cars has a lot of steel in it, but it is floating above GND (literally and electrically) because of the tires. The chain creates a non-perfect but much lower impedance to ...
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