[Talk-GB] Anyone else had GPS problems today?

[Andy Mabbett]

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 <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk> 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
>
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