GPS Gone Wild

[twowheelnut]

Alrighty then... Does anyone know if the guberment has been tweaking on the GPS sat system lately? I've been getting very long locate times for both my Honda Navi and Garmin. Took better than 30 minutes today. Also, while on the BDR @ WFO, Gretta went nuts and got us twirled around a couple of times. I know they scramble the signals around sensitive installations like nukers and ****, but have they been know to tweaked the entire system? Sun spots? Solar flares? Marvin the Martian fire up his Illudium Pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator? :dntknw:

-Paranoid in Santa Babs :blink:

 

[Groo]

I think it's a DE-modulator....

And make sure the tin-foil covers at least down to your ears, and you'll be fine.... h34r:

 

[bramfrank]

Both my 276Cs have been just fine, thanks.

No, they don't scramble them near installations - they can't, unless they install a ground based local interfering generator - and 'the bad guys' could get around those (if they existed) by making sure that their GPS units only look for signals originating skyward.

 

[twowheelnut]

I think it's a DE-modulator....
And make sure the tin-foil covers at least down to your ears, and you'll be fine.... h34r:

Clicky

:grin:

 

[Groo]

:lol: I bow before the master... :clapping:

 

[tripletango]

Something to do with the aiming of the katushas? I know point and shoot. But the American system may being played with by the DOD.

But now you have the ruskies and the euros and soon the chinese with their oun systems so ya got a choice.

 

[Scab]

Just the latest in a series of techno-attacks in Bush's "war on pimpin'".

Start paying your "ho-taxes" and things should clear up.

 

[FJR_pig]

It's GPS....and it's gone wild.

You're not alone (with this particular problem), I've actually had some extended locate times on the Garmin in my work car lately. I'm too poor to have a unit on the bike yet, so I can't speak for that.

 

[Badcat]

Alrighty then... Does anyone know if the guberment has been tweaking on the GPS sat system lately? I've been getting very long locate times for both my Honda Navi and Garmin. Took better than 30 minutes today. Also, while on the BDR @ WFO, Gretta went nuts and got us twirled around a couple of times. I know they scramble the signals around sensitive installations like nukers and ****, but have they been know to tweaked the entire system? Sun spots? Solar flares? Marvin the Martian fire up his Illudium Pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator? :dntknw:
-Paranoid in Santa Babs :blink:

My Garmin 2610 went nuts today. By this evening all seemed to be normal but seek times are way up. :glare:

 

[Ari Rankum]

Perhaps Kali is on the move again?

Earthquake Movement Measurable w/ GPS

 

[S76]

One day at work we had three GPS sensor failures on three different aircraft. Later we learned that was the time when they invaded Iraq. Seems like DOD has the On/Off switch?

 

[Cal24Master]

I haven't had any problems. It could be where you are. If there is trouble with one of the satelite transmissions, it could effect you if that was one of the last ones you last used.

Tom

IBA 161

 

[Ignacio]

Friend was borrowing my cage today with the 2730 and said it wouldn't lock all day, but did this evening. Interesting.

 

[twowheelnut]

Well, all's back to normal today. That tinfoil hat trick must be working, though I'm getting a lotta strange looks from passersby... :blink:

 

[brazos parker]

Here's a little tidbit I ran across on a GPS forum...

Here is a blurb from the US Coast Guard Nav Center -

"On occasion, the US Federal Government is required to conduct GPS interference tests, exercises and training activities that involve jamming of GPS receivers. These events go through a lengthy coordination process involving the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the US Coast Guard (USCG), the Department of Defense (DoD) and other government agencies.

Due to the fact that these training and testing activities can involve a number of aircraft, ships and/or other military equipment and up to hundreds of personnel, cancellation or postponement of a coordinated test should only occur under compelling circumstances. In general, only safety-of-life/safety-of-flight conflicts warrant cancellation or postponement of a coordinated interference test."

You can get the PDF schedule of testing here - it lists various locatins in the US:

https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/gps/gpsnotices/...nterference.pdf

 

[twowheelnut]

Oooh, thanks for that, Brazos - great info! Phew, it was starting to get hot under this tinfoil hat out here in the sun!

 

[brazos parker]

You're welcome. I was beginning to feel sorry for the tinfoil.