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 GMT. Location of MULTIPLE jammers: Land based within 5km of N55° 04.000’ W002° 34.000’. Frequency: A 24 MHz band centred around 1575.42MHz (GPS L1). Total Power: Up to 10 Watts EIRP. It is stressed that, as in previous exercises, Safety of Life operations will at all times take precedence over exercise activities. Ofcom stakeholders should contact [email protected] ****************************************************************************************************************** For more information visit www.ofcom.org.uk --- End Quoted --------- On 12 April 2012 19:32, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 could not get it back >> at all, despite being in an open area with most of the sky visible, only the >> sky low in the west was hidden behind a nearby hill (Blackdown). Turning the >> device off and on again a couple of times had no effect. >> >> Around 1400 I finally got the signal again, ironically when entering a wood, >> and so retraced my steps. Signal went again. Finally worked around 30 mins >> later, though GPS reception was rather wobbly all afternoon. >> >> Anyone else get any problems today? Maybe the satellites were in an unusual >> configuration so none were particularly high up for a few hours? >> The weather was slightly notable with a good number of thunderstorm-type >> shower clouds dotted around (though no thunder heard) and ironically, later >> on around 1830BST when one of these was actually overhead (and depositing >> rain) - and, I was in a wooded area with not much sky visible - I got a good >> signal! >> >> Nick >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> > > > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
