+skyraider Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I just received the following information from the FAA. They are going to be interfering with the GPS system from April 07 to 15 in the Huntsville area: FLIGHT ADVISORY GPS INTERFERENCE TESTING AIR FORCE SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT OFFICE (AFSMO) 18-22 07 – 15 April 2018 Huntsville, AL GPS testing is scheduled as follows and may result in unreliable or unavailable GPS signal. A. Location: Centered at 344014N0864137W or the VUZ VORTAC 013 degree radial at 61NM. B. Dates and times: 07 – 15 APR 18 0600Z – 1000Z C. Duration: Each event may last the entire requested period Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 3 hours ago, skyraider said: GPS testing is scheduled as follows and may result in unreliable or unavailable GPS signal. A. Location: Centered at 344014N0864137W or the VUZ VORTAC 013 degree radial at 61NM. Interesting coordinate format. If one puts in a decimal point, it would be N34 24.084 W 086 24.822 in DDM format. Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 6 hours ago, NYPaddleCacher said: Interesting coordinate format. If one puts in a decimal point, it would be N34 24.084 W 086 24.822 in DDM format. It's DMS. Translates to N 34 40.233, W 86 41.617 in our usual format. Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 On 4/5/2018 at 6:44 AM, skyraider said: I just received the following information from the FAA. They are going to be interfering with the GPS system from April 07 to 15 in the Huntsville area: Thanks for the heads up. I got the word to my caching buddy in Huntsville, who works on Redstone and was immediately curious how I got the word at Fort Eustis and he didn't. Quote Link to comment
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