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Old February 22nd 13, 06:20 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Matt Herron Jr.
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Default Dangerous GPS jamming?

Latest GPS jamming tests ( https://www.faasafety.gov/files/noti...t_Advisory.pdf ) are mostly scheduled at night, but the week of March 11-15th they are smack in the middle of prime soaring time; 1:00-2:30PM PST. They may disrupt GPS functionality over most of California and Nevada and a good chunk of Colorado during that time.

I have personally seen big holes of 20 minutes or more in my flight logs in the past due to these tests. Anything that uses GPS is potentially affected, and increasingly many of these devices are safety oriented.

Potential issues include;

1) ruined flight logs for contests, OLC, badges, or record flights
2) loss of GPS navigation to safe landing sites or getting home
3) loss of PowerFlarm collision warnings (due to GPS, not loss of 915mhz)
4) Loss of ADS-B warnings (can someone confirm this?)
5) loss of PCAS warnings?

What happens to drones flown by local law enforcement or private sector during this time? Does SSA or AOAP lobby against this testing on our behalf?

Anyone else concerned or annoyed by this???

Matt
 




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