NOTIFICATION OF GPS JAMMING EXERCISES

[Schtum]

RAF SPADEADAM, CUMBRIA, 9TH APRIL 2012

Dates: Between 9th and 20th April 2012 inclusive (weekdays only).

Times: 0700 - 1800 GMT.

Location of MULTIPLE jammers: Land based within 5km of N55° 04.000’ W002° 34.000’.

Frequency: A 24 MHz band centred around 1575.42MHz (GPS L1).

Total Power: Up to 10 Watts EIRP.

It is stressed that, as in previous exercises, Safety of Life operations will at all times take precedence over exercise activities.

Ofcom stakeholders should contact [email protected]

 

[ghiribizzo]

Has anyone found themselves in the vicinity of this type of exercise? Did the GPS say problem finding satellites? Go haywire?

 

[Schtum]

Has anyone found themselves in the vicinity of this type of exercise? Did the GPS say problem finding satellites? Go haywire?

On occasions driving into deepest, darkest Englandshire, down the M6 (I think), I have had occasion to lose a satellite fix when near some sensitive military installation. On the other hand, last year, riding past air bases in Lincolnshire, I noticed no degradation in the signal at all.

 

[Shep]

I was passing awe aldermaston a couple of years back, sat nav stopped recieving satellite signals, a mile or so down the road the signal returned, on the way back the same thing happened again, we joked at the time that it looked like they had a jammer. I doubted that it could be localised jamming down to a few miles but perhaps i was mistaken.

 

[Urbster]

We had it happen in Brittany .
All our mobile phones where also jammed, the sat navs where just showing a white dotted line.