Cambridge Model 20

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I was wondering if my flight recorder was effected by the GPS recent outage so I plugged it in and noticed that it took a long time for the light to start blinking. Now its a very thick cloudy day today but it concerned me. What are the indicators of date problems with the GPS issues. I do plug the recorder in to charge the battery every 4-6 weeks and had the unit rebuilt a couple years ago.

DC

[Dan Daly[_2_]]

On Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 12:23:39 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> I was wondering if my flight recorder was effected by the GPS recent outage so I plugged it in and noticed that it took a long time for the light to start blinking. Now its a very thick cloudy day today but it concerned me. What are the indicators of date problems with the GPS issues. I do plug the recorder in to charge the battery every 4-6 weeks and had the unit rebuilt a couple years ago.
>
> DC

Download an igc file and check the date.

[Tim Newport-Peace[_6_]]

At 16:30 02 May 2019, Dan Daly wrote:
>On Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 12:23:39 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>> I was wondering if my flight recorder was effected by the GPS recent
>outa=
>ge so I plugged it in and noticed that it took a long time for the light
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> start blinking. Now its a very thick cloudy day today but it concerned
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> What are the indicators of date problems with the GPS issues. I do plug
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>> DC
>
>Download an igc file and check the date.
>
That is to say, an IGC file recorded After 6th April.

[kinsell]

On 5/2/19 10:23 AM, wrote:
> I was wondering if my flight recorder was effected by the GPS recent outage so I plugged it in and noticed that it took a long time for the light to start blinking. Now its a very thick cloudy day today but it concerned me. What are the indicators of date problems with the GPS issues. I do plug the recorder in to charge the battery every 4-6 weeks and had the unit rebuilt a couple years ago.
>
> DC
>
If this is the first time it's achieved a lock in quite a while, the
long lockup time is not a concern. My 302 took forever to get all three
bars showing, but produced a valid file this year. Like you, I charge
it occasionally over the winter.

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On Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 12:23:39 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> I was wondering if my flight recorder was effected by the GPS recent outage so I plugged it in and noticed that it took a long time for the light to start blinking. Now its a very thick cloudy day today but it concerned me. What are the indicators of date problems with the GPS issues. I do plug the recorder in to charge the battery every 4-6 weeks and had the unit rebuilt a couple years ago.
>
> DC

Dennis, your FR is not a Cambridge, right? What model is it? And there wasn't an outage, just a "week rollover". Shouldn't affect recent models. Just try it again, OUTSIDE, and give it plenty of time to find a fix. Even if it's affected by the rollover, it should find its location. Then take it on a drive to create an IGC log file, and check the date embedded in the log file. If it's from 1999 you've got a problem.