Don't get too attached to that GPS

Lloyd Bower

08/03/2003 at 22:14

It seems that the US might be tempted to re-introduce selectivity error in any potential war on Iraq, see this link:-
yanks to reintroduce gps selectivity?

Lloyd Bower

08/03/2003 at 22:16

That link won't be any use try this instead:-
yanks to reintroduce gps selectivity?

Dan G

09/03/2003 at 17:45

They (hacks) always say that's going to happen, but usually the opposite occurs. GPS gets markedly better when the US military are in action. My guess why is that a lot of civilian units were in use as there weren't enough mil ones to go around

Paul Bedwell 2

10/03/2003 at 08:50

Fair guess Dan - ties up with news reports of most soldiers going out and buying their own kit because it's either better than their own or they simply can't get supplied when there's a big demand. This was certainly the case when I was in - cost me £££'s!
(would be just my luck to get savvy with my new GPS and then some bugger goes and spoils it!!)

MarkyB

10/03/2003 at 10:16

You might find access times increase and less sats are found as they are shifted to cover the area in question.

Hedgehope Aztec

10/03/2003 at 10:46

The reason SA was turned off in the first place was that the US military developed a system which enabled them to degrade the GPS signal on a regional basis.

Wee Beastie

10/03/2003 at 11:53

Further to Paul's comment, my brother is out in the Gulf at the moment and is buying himself an Etrex Summit as "navigation is a nightmare" and he can't get hold of a GPS. I suspect he'll be a little peeved if the US switch on the error.

MarkyB

10/03/2003 at 12:26

Navigation out there isn't easy but it's 'do-able', the possiblity of making a pretty serious error was quite high.

Last time around anyone who 'needed' one got one. Having said that they were pretty poor, monstrously bad on batteries etc.

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