Iranians are trying to get even (?) after we terminated a couple terrorists, with extreme prejudice. Perhaps they are jamming GPS signals as part of the cyber war.
------------- Max Charleston SC On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 10:45 PM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Since the BRV's speedometer is recessed in the dash and since it reads > high when it is cold, I have been using our GPS as a speedometer for some > time now. > > Shirley had a dental appointment today so we were in northwest > Albuquerque. After her appointment, I programmed the GPS to find the > quickest way to the Fleet Pride store in downtown Albuquerque and we > were off (you have to be off to do this kind of thing! :-) ). > > As we were driving east on Paseo del Norte, I heard the GPS saying, > "Recalculating!" several times. Then I noticed I was going slower than > the speed limit of 60 mph -- the GPS said 52. I accelerated and noticed > the GPS said 48. I then looked down at the speedometer (it was after > sunset and I had the lights on so the speedometer needle was easy to > see). It said we were going 65! > > I slowed down and push the button on the GPS to return to the map > display. It showed the vehicle about 500' north of the roadway and going > on neighborhood roads instead of on the freeway! When we crossed the Rio > Grande (where there are no neighborhood roads parallel to the freeway!) > it decided we were on the freeway afterall. > > We got off on the left side of the freeway, turned right, and went under > the eastbound lanes and stopped at a stoplight with a clear view of the > sky. I looked at the GPS's map and saw it said we were about 500' west of > our actual location. This continued as we headed south on 2nd street. > > I thought this was rather odd, having never seen anything like this > before. > > It could have been caused by someone transmitting locally on GPS > frequencies, but those are predominantly line-of-sight and we had > travelled a few miles and were on the other side of a freeway > overpass's earth berm. In addition, after a while it started working > correctly again. > > It occurred to me it could have been due to the Department of Defense > turning on Selective Availabilty (which has been off for several years). > > Anyway, I first noticed the wierdness about 1640 MST (2340Z). > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
