[Public-List] GPS Games

[Robert Kirk]

The Navy''ll be playing with GPS jamming ["testing"]around the Pax River 
Naval Air Station for the next month. Both the "Commuters"  & Summer 
Cruisers will be going into Solomons during that time. Let us know if you 
make the channel ok, folks; iIt would be interesting to hear any reports.

 From the latest Notice to Mariners:

>VA/MD – CHESAPEAKE BAY – GPS TESTING – POSSIBLE UNRELIABLE GPS SIGNAL
>THE GPS NAVIGATION SIGNAL MAY BE UNRELIABLE DUE TO TESTING ON GPS 
>FREQUENCIES USED BY SHIPBOARD NAVIGATION AND HANDHELD SYSTEMS ALONG 
>PORTIONS OF THE PATUXENT RIVER WITH AN APPROXIMATE TESTING CENTER POINT OF 
>38 15.42 N 076 26.02W, WITH A POSSIBLE IMPACT RADIUS OF 15 NM FROM CENTER 
>POINT. MARINERS USING SYSTEMS THAT RELY ON GPS, SUCH AS E-911, AIS AND 
>DSC, MAY BE AFFECTED. THE GPS TESTING IS SCHEDULED TO BE CONDUCTED 30 MAY 
>2011 - 08 JUL 2011 FROM 1300Z - 2200Z. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT 
>THE COAST GUARD NAVIGATION CENTER WEB SITE WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV. DURING 
>THIS PERIOD, GPS USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY GPS SERVICE OUTAGES 
>THAT THEY MAY EXPERIENCE TO THE NAVIGATION INFORMATION SERVICE (NIS) BY 
>CALLING (703) 313-5900 OR BY USING THE NAVCEN WEB SITE TO SUBMIT A GPS 
>PROBLEM REPORT.


Bob Kirk
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