From: Rex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GPS Selective Availability. Is it On or Off? Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:58:25 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:36:12 -0500, Chuck Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >SA was turned off to allow the troops in Desert Storm to use > >civilian GPS units (there was a critical shortage of military > >P-band units) > > > >It has never been turned on since. > > > >-Chuck Harris > > Where did you get that notion? Desert Stom was 1991, wasn't it? What > happened in 2000, like this web page mentions? > http://www.cycc.org.uk/news/gpssa.htm The SA was enabled again after Desert Storm, and it was not until the presidential order that it was turned off again for a longer period of time. See this page if you don't beleive me: http://www.leapsecond.com/pages/saoff/ Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
