GPS "Testing"

[Mike O'Dell]

this kind of thing is PRECISELY why the scuttling of Loran was 
*criminal* malfeasance. this is not the first time it's happened.

	-mo


On 1/21/11 11:56 AM, Patrick Gray wrote:
> All,
>
> At work we were told of this only a couple days ago (we are running a
> GPS based air traffic system for the FAA) not exactly timely, and why
> would they run this in a major air corridor in the SE US??
>
> Pat KF4MTV
>
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Doug Gentges <doug.gentges at gmail.com
> <mailto:doug.gentges at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     This seems strange:
>
>     https://www.faasafety.gov/files/notices/2011/Jan/GPS_Flight_Advisory_CSFTL11-01_Rel.pdf
>
>     "The Department of Defense will conduct GPS tests on January 20th
>     through February 22nd
>     2011.  During testing, the GPS signal may be unreliable or unavailable."
>
>     "During testing, GPS will be unreliable and may be unavailable with in
>     a circle with
>     a radius of 370NM and centered at 304906N/0802811W or the location
>     known as
>     105.25 degrees and 52.1 NM from the SSI VOR at FL400; decreasing in
>     area with
>     a decrease in altitude to a circle with a radius of 325NM at FL250; a
>     circle with a
>     radius of 260NM at 10,000FT MSL and a circle with a radius of 215NM
>     at 4,000FT
>     AGL."
>     (see the PDF for the area that will be impacted, it's off the coast
>     of GA/FL
>
>     Doug
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