Groundhog246
Contributor
I just ran across this, which might be of interest to anyone boating in the SE US.
GPS to Be Jammed . . . But Don't Worry on West Coast
June 14 - Southeastern U.S.
As part of NATO training exercises on the East Coast, the U.S. military is testing a system for jamming signals from navigation satellites through June 20. The only possible side-effect is that it will disable mariners' GPS devices and force them to rely on dead-reckoning. Yikes! Fortunately, the effects will be limited to waters 60 miles off the coast of North Carolina, and along the coast of Northern and Central Florida. Cell phones may be affected, to
You might want to make sure you've brushed up on your dead reckoning skills.
GPS to Be Jammed . . . But Don't Worry on West Coast
June 14 - Southeastern U.S.
As part of NATO training exercises on the East Coast, the U.S. military is testing a system for jamming signals from navigation satellites through June 20. The only possible side-effect is that it will disable mariners' GPS devices and force them to rely on dead-reckoning. Yikes! Fortunately, the effects will be limited to waters 60 miles off the coast of North Carolina, and along the coast of Northern and Central Florida. Cell phones may be affected, to
You might want to make sure you've brushed up on your dead reckoning skills.
