REFLECTOR:GPS Outage

[Scott Derrick]

Hay!!  I live and fly in the desert, I don't want no stinking GPS outages!  By Bin Ladan or the US Navy!

We get um out here too.  There's been one over Alamogordo for 6 months, and a new one is planned for testing right over Vegas soon.

Scott 


On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:11:17 -0400, Chuck Jensen wrote:
> What would bug me even more is if it was bin Laden that was
> learning how to jam, and prevent jambing  of GPS instead of USG. 
> We wish they could practice in the desert but like everything else,
> real world is better.
>
> Chuck Jensen
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org  [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On
> Behalf Of jack  davis Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 10:09 AM
> To:  reflector@tvbf.org Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:GPS  Outage
>
>
> Ronnie,
>
> They do the same thing up here near the D.C. area  quite often.  It
> really bugs me.  The one in this area is centered  on the Patuxent
> River Naval Air Station.
>
> Jack
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:   Ronnie   Brown
> To: reflector@tvbf.org
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 3:00   PM
> Subject: REFLECTOR:GPS Outage
>
>
> I know this is off topic, but a bunch of V's are based in
> Florida.  This NOTAM says the GPS system is unreliable for an area
> of   115 mile radius at 4000 feet around a point that is about 50
> miles off shore   from Jacksonville, FL.  This would impact a large
> area of the   southeast. This is going on from today through
> September 23.
>
> Anybody know what is going on?  Is our Navy playing   around with
> one of our primary navigation systems??? and compromising the
> safety of aviation in large area of the southeast?  It would seem
> that   if the Navy/US Gov needed to test GPS reliability and
> performance, they   could get a whole lot further out than 50 miles
> off the   coast????
>
> 09/053 - GPS UNRELIABLE   WITHIN A 270 NM RADIUS OF
> 305000N/0802500W AT FL400. THIS AREA DECREASES   WITH ALTITUDE TO A
> CIRCLE OF RADIUS 225NM AT FL250 THEN TO A CIRCLE OF   RADIUS 160NM
> AT FL100 DOWN TO A CIRCLE OF RADIUS 115NM AT 4000 AGL. IFR
> OPERATIONS BASED UPON GPS NAVIGATION SHOULD NOT BE PLANNED IN THE
> AFFECTED   AREA DURING PERIODS INDICATED. THESE OPERATIONS INCLUDE
> DOMESTIC RNAV OR   LONG RANGE NAVIGATION REQUIRING GPS. THE
> OPERATIONS ALSO INCLUDE GPS   STANDALONE AND OVERLAY INSTRUMENT
> APPROACH OPERATIONS 1500-1900/2300-0300   DLY 19 SEP 15:00 UNTIL 23
> SEP 03:00