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Old July 24th 11, 07:10 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Mike[_37_]
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Default First hand experience with GPS Jamming

On Jul 23, 10:37*pm, Steve Leonard wrote:
Got my first experience with GPS Jamming. *Apparently, lots of
truckers on I-35 near the Kansas-Oklahoma border were jamming today.
I would go from 8 satellites showing on my GPS Nav Display (Cambridge
Model 20 GPS) to none, lost distance to turnpoint, lost ground track,
lost bearing to turnpoint in the blink of an eye. *Typically, after a
minute or two, the GPS Nav would resume navigation with three
satellites showing. *It would in rather short order (10-15 seconds)
get back up to tracking 8 satellites. *Repeat process in 2-5 minutes.

I am assuming this was GPS jamming, as nobody else flying from
Sunflower reported any sort of issues, and it only happened in this
one stretch along I-35. *Interestingly enough, it happend only once (I
think ) after I crossed to the east side or I-35. *Maybe I was just
far enough from the jammers.

My flight is uploaded to OLC. *If you download it and watch it in any
playback, you will see me stop, then jump forward. *This particular
GPS has worked perfectly before and since. *It was only this one brief
section of one leg of the flight. *Of course, it really gets your
attention when your display goes all dashes, and the computer says
"GPS Wait".

Anyone else had an "encounter" like this?

Just curious

Steve Leonard
Nimbus 3 VJS


Yes, about two weeks ago, flying from Moriarty. Some of the same
thing you described, plus vertical climbs that would delay and show
vertical movement without circling. I was thinking it was military
jamming or problems under thick water laden clouds.
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...htId=211956832

Mike Carris