Re: [time-nuts] GPS outage? 19:00-2100 UTC Tue

2015-08-20 Thread Hal Murray
t...@radio.sent.com said: I think that Menlo Park is somewhat under 300 NM (nautical miles) from China Lake (depending on exactly where the test was located), and the expected interference range was about 252 NM. So you might have been at the edge of the affected area. See:

Re: [time-nuts] GPS outage? 19:00-2100 UTC Tue

2015-08-20 Thread Bill Byrom
The term BNM also initially confused me. It appears to be Broadcast Notice to Mariner, a report produced by the US Coast Guard with important warnings for ship navigation. http://pdept.cgaux.org/Documents/Active/NS/LocalNoticeToMariners/lnm14022011.pdf Detecting GPS interference is an interesting

Re: [time-nuts] GPS outage? 19:00-2100 UTC Tue

2015-08-20 Thread Björn Gabrielsson
What sort of gear would I need to detect a local jammer? A GPS receiver where you can get AGC data, to see if the power in the GPS band increased - or a SDR-radio, like the SDR-RTL at sub $20 or a commercial GPS jamming detector. -- Björn ___

Re: [time-nuts] GPS outage? 19:00-2100 UTC Tue

2015-08-20 Thread Hal Murray
t...@radio.sent.com said: The term BNM also initially confused me. It appears to be Broadcast Notice to Mariner Thanks. There was another similar event Wed morning: 08:15-10:00 UTC, Wed 01:15-03:00 PDT and a shorter one from: 13:30-14:00 UTC 06:30-07:00 PDT -- These are my

Re: [time-nuts] GPS outage? 19:00-2100 UTC Tue

2015-08-20 Thread Jim Lux
On 8/19/15 10:12 PM, Hal Murray wrote: t...@radio.sent.com said: I think that Menlo Park is somewhat under 300 NM (nautical miles) from China Lake (depending on exactly where the test was located), and the expected interference range was about 252 NM. So you might have been at the edge of the

Re: [time-nuts] GPS outage? 19:00-2100 UTC Tue

2015-08-19 Thread Brent Gordon
No problems in Albuquerque, NM. On 8/19/2015 2:11 AM, Hal Murray wrote: Most/all of my GPS toys stopped working for a few hours late Tue evening. A few where I have good logging ran out of satellites. Did anybody else notice anything similar? Was it local interference, or something at the

Re: [time-nuts] GPS outage? 19:00-2100 UTC Tue

2015-08-19 Thread David J Taylor
From: Hal Murray Most/all of my GPS toys stopped working for a few hours late Tue evening. A few where I have good logging ran out of satellites. Did anybody else notice anything similar? Was it local interference, or something at the GPS level? I'm in Menlo Park California. That was mid

[time-nuts] GPS outage? 19:00-2100 UTC Tue

2015-08-19 Thread Hal Murray
Most/all of my GPS toys stopped working for a few hours late Tue evening. A few where I have good logging ran out of satellites. Did anybody else notice anything similar? Was it local interference, or something at the GPS level? I'm in Menlo Park California. That was mid afternoon local

Re: [time-nuts] GPS outage? 19:00-2100 UTC Tue

2015-08-19 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 20150819081108.08ebd406...@ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net, Hal Mu rray writes: Most/all of my GPS toys stopped working for a few hours late Tue evening. A few where I have good logging ran out of satellites. Did anybody else notice anything similar? Was it local

Re: [time-nuts] GPS outage? 19:00-2100 UTC Tue

2015-08-19 Thread Bill Byrom
According to the official GPS testing (interference) website, there were tests at China Lake scheduled for sometime(s) on August 18-20, 2015. I think that Menlo Park is somewhat under 300 NM (nautical miles) from China Lake (depending on exactly where the test was located), and the expected