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wattnoise
Feb 04, 2006, 12:26 AM
Are there any other places where you get current info on "services available" or other possibilities/probabilities regarding GPS?...

Watt Noise?
Kevin
WANDERING WAAS: SATELLITE TO RELOCATE
One of the geostationary satellites carrying the FAA's Wide Area
Augmentation System (WAAS) signal won't be so stationary during the
next 60 days. Satellite owner Inmarsat will be repositioning and re-aiming
a satellite, shifting coverage to the west. The move will have no effect
on the vast majority of GPS users. That's because most pilots use just
the basic GPS signal, provided by the U.S. military. "But there may be
times during the next two months when WAAS won't be available for precision
vertical guidance," said Randy Kenagy, AOPA director of advanced technology.
"That means you should check notams to make sure that LPV (lateral precision
with vertical guidance) approach will be available when you want it." See
AOPA Online ( http://www.aopa.org/epilot/redir.cfm?adid=8289 ).

JettPilot
Feb 04, 2006, 09:11 AM
Do you understand what that is saying ? WAAS is the only thing affected and it only makes the difference between 10 foot accuracy and 30 foot accuracy, thats it... GPS will work fine without any outages. You might as well worry about the sky falling as to start getting worried about GPS "outages"...

wattnoise
Feb 04, 2006, 11:55 AM
Yes to understanding - it was just a question and an interesting source for info... I'm not worried about this particular instance... I was just wondering if anyone had other sources to check such things or as in your case - don't care... I won't post any info that comes my way regarding GPS if it doesn't matter to anyone...