Re: [Talk-GB] Anyone else had GPS problems today?

2012-04-12 Thread Andy Mabbett
Could be that the miltary are conducting some war games. From a previous event: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2012/04/12/war-games-planes-in-near-miss-over-scotland-following-mix-up-in-communications-86908-23821821/ note final para. On 11 April 2012 22:13, Nick Whitelegg

Re: [Talk-GB] Anyone else had GPS problems today?

2012-04-12 Thread Derry Hamilton
So far as public announcements go, it appears that the only jamming supposed to be going on today is in Cumbria: --- Quoted- NOTIFICATION OF GPS JAMMING EXERCISES RAF SPADEADAM, CUMBRIA, 9TH APRIL 2012 Dates: Between 9th and 20th April  2012 inclusive (weekdays only). Times:  0700 - 1800

[Talk-GB] Anyone else had GPS problems today?

2012-04-11 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Had some quite extraordinary problems trying to get a GPS signal this afternoon in the Fisherstreet area, on the Surrey/W Sussex border a few miles SE of Haslemere. Between around 1300 and 1400 BST I could get no signal whatsoever. I lost the signal in a wooded area around 1255 BST and then