On May 21, 6:21*pm, "Dan Marotta" wrote:
Dust off those cameras... *Or use an honor system.

"Mike" wrote in message

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On May 21, 9:56 am, "Dan Marotta" wrote:









OMG, Dave, you might have to buy a sectional chart!

Not really - you can see everything from everywhere down here.

"ZL" wrote in message

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Just got a Flight Advisory from the FAA indicating there will be "GPS
Testing" at the White Sands Missile Range this summer. Their schedule
shows dates and times of planned tests. Looks like they are planning
testing from 1-5 PM local every day but Friday of the upcoming Moriarty
Super Regional contest. Their swath of possible outages covers Moriarty
down to 50 ft AGL! It also covers Hobbs down to 50 ft AGL during the US
18-meter Nationals.

I don't remember the previous testing NOTAMS showing such widespread low
level effects. Anyone have any real life experience with this? This
advisory starts next Monday, so maybe the Albuquerque club can let us
know.

This could shut down contests in the area as we have no backup for GPS.
Should I pack my old cameras for the contest down there? Or maybe rig up
some GPS anti-jamming equipment?

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Dan,

You may be able to see everything, but there may not be any flight
logs to submit for the contest.

This is potentially a serious problem for the Moriarty contest, and
the effected locations for OLC submissions.

Mike

Hey, so maybe the Luddites get their day in the sun. We need a Plan B
for GPS outages.

Just have to figure out how to use digital cameras like old film types
which are hopelessly obsolete. At least there won't be a sleepy
looking guy who smells like darkroom chemicals at breakfast the next
day.

Or, if that's too much tech, the contest organizers can send crews out
to the turn points to lay out white panels in a pattern that changes
every 15 minutes. The pilots would just have to write down the time
and the pattern they saw (with a #2 pencil, of course) to prove they
rounded a turn point. The organizers would also have to find an old
timer who remembers how to run a start gate and finish line.

Since a number of pilots will get lost and land out without their GPS,
there will be something for the crews to do again - maybe with the
Beatles and Elvis on the car radio.

Bill D