Dennis;
I’m not sure how this date reset will impact our chart plotters, but I notice all the articles seem to focus on problems with GPS in cars. And some say that there should be little or no problem with the apps on phones and tablets that rely on GPS. Thinking back to the carious GPS units I’ve had on boats dating back to the early 90s – which includes some pretty old Magellan handhelds, for example, plus the handheld backups I have on the boat right now (when I have let the batteries go completely dead by neglecting them) – they seem to have an initialization process that starts with a default position someplace in Japan or on the west coast, they acquire satellite signals, and use the time signal from the satellites to reset to the time and adjust to the current position. As I recall, that process of initialization can take up to about 15 minutes from a cold start. Maybe, if the plotter is wrong on April 7th, the thing to do is to completely power it down and reinitialize from scratch? Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2019 6:29 PM To: CnClist <CnC-List@cnc-list.com> Cc: Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Older GPS units may have issue after April 6, 2019 I just read an article that GPS time will be reset on April 6, 2019. That may affect older GPS units. https://liliputing.com/2019/02/old-gps-devices-may-stop-working-properly-in-april.html I must admit ignorance on the substance of this atricle and what it means. Anybody got a decent understanding of this situation? I have an old Garmin 128, circa 1999, which I use as a back up to my newer Garmin. I'd hate to lose accuracy on the older unit. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA
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