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Title: Heads up - Cornwall - GPS Jamming
Post by: Thrasher on June 05, 2007, 09:17:26

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6719639.stm

 :shock:

Title: Heads up - Cornwall - GPS Jamming
Post by: Highlander1 on June 05, 2007, 10:10:08

Now we will find out how many sailors can still use a portland plotter !! Life boat could be busy.

Title: Heads up - Cornwall - GPS Jamming
Post by: BigSi on June 05, 2007, 18:36:24

Better dust off my old OS maps!  :(mad):

Title: Heads up - Cornwall - GPS Jamming
Post by: auf_wiedersehen_pet on June 05, 2007, 21:39:01

Living near to Portsmouth and lots of military bases, there are several places which "lose" the location every time I drive past.

Title: Heads up - Cornwall - GPS Jamming
Post by: HSimmo on June 05, 2007, 22:30:17

While out on the boat in the summer we we're leaving Weymouth while a couple of battle ships were doing an exercise on the range there. They gave us clearance to pass and gave us a bearing to follow that took us right past the side of the 2 battleships.
When we got within probably half a mile the GPS suddenly lost signal and didn't regain it untill we we're well away the other side. Was quite enlightening.

Title: Heads up - Cornwall - GPS Jamming
Post by: Skibum346 on June 06, 2007, 20:25:44

Quote from: "HSimmo"

While out on the boat in the summer we we're leaving Weymouth while a couple of battle ships were doing an exercise on the range there. They gave us clearance to pass and gave us a bearing to follow that took us right past the side of the 2 battleships.
When we got within probably half a mile the GPS suddenly lost signal and didn't regain it untill we we're well away the other side. Was quite enlightening.

Might have been their radar sytems and or various comms signals (HF, VHF, SHF, Microwave & Satcomm) either that or just a buddy great radio shadow cuz them was so buddy big!  :lol:

Title: Heads up - Cornwall - GPS Jamming
Post by: The Ant Hill Mob on June 07, 2007, 12:49:38

Thrasher - show us yer 'rocketship underpants'!!!!!