Solar storms spell trouble for GPS

But a properly trained pilot and his passengers are
dependent on a perfect GPS, VOR or Lycoming engine.



"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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| On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:49:46 -0500, "Jim Macklin"
| wrote in
| :
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|
| There a post about the age of GPS, I just pointed out
that
| it was commercially available and used in 1986. Our news
| servers had some problems, your post was what I had
visible.
|
| Ah, I see. And your point is that GPS has been around a
long time,
| and you have heard no mention of anomalous behavior due to
solar
| storms. But if you look at the information in some of the
links I
| posted, you'll find that those who are intimately involved
with GPS
| operations have observed significant errors in various
locations as a
| result of changes in the ionosphere such as convective
plasma
| currents, etc.
|
| I don't recall seeing any thing I wrote that should have
| insulted you.
|
| I wasn't insulted; confused.