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Old June 1st 11, 04:23 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
JS
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Default GPS Testing - Anyone seen/seeing outages?

Noticed a moment of lost GPS signal yesterday in the Owens Valley.
Perhaps there was more when I wasn't looking at the TV screen. This
may or may not have been due to any testing. It did not affect the
"trace".
I have seen a lot of lost GPS signal when the jammer testing was
being done at China Lake. It is only a problem if you lose the signal
while approaching a turnpoint, do not regain it until after leaving
the sector, and are not paying attention/doing something about the
problem (like making sure you have a log in the sector.)
WinPilot was pretty funny when it lost GPS for a while, indicating
wind like you cannot imagine. The wind arrow went off the screen.
Jim