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Re: suns radiation will bugger your sat nav, they say
« Reply #15 on: 11 February 2010, 20:20:45 »
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7204617/Stronger-radiation-from-the-Sun-will-cause-sat-navs-to-fail-scientists-warn.html
GOOD. Hope it explodes the stupid rather' things. >:(
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Well, hopefully the planes wont explode or crash or land short of the runway. I live on the approach flight path to Heathrow... ;D

Planes use ILS to help them land in reduced visability.  Nowt to do with GPS :y
Glad about that the GPS on my boat will often tell me I am at an altitude of thirty feet plus  :o.
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Re: suns radiation will bugger your sat nav, they say
« Reply #16 on: 11 February 2010, 20:29:47 »
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GOOD. Hope it explodes the stupid rather' things. >:(
;D ;D ;D ;D
Well, hopefully the planes wont explode or crash or land short of the runway. I live on the approach flight path to Heathrow... ;D

Planes use ILS to help them land in reduced visability.  Nowt to do with GPS :y
Glad about that the GPS on my boat will often tell me I am at an altitude of thirty feet plus  :o.

Atlantic swell?  ::) ::) ;D
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Re: suns radiation will bugger your sat nav, they say
« Reply #17 on: 11 February 2010, 22:42:54 »
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GOOD. Hope it explodes the stupid rather' things. >:(
;D ;D ;D ;D
Well, hopefully the planes wont explode or crash or land short of the runway. I live on the approach flight path to Heathrow... ;D

Planes use ILS to help them land in reduced visability.  Nowt to do with GPS :y
Glad about that the GPS on my boat will often tell me I am at an altitude of thirty feet plus  :o.

Atlantic swell?  ::) ::) ;D
Don't think so. It tells me that even when it's parked up on it's trailer  :D
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Re: suns radiation will bugger your sat nav, they say
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Re: suns radiation will bugger your sat nav, they say
« Reply #19 on: 11 February 2010, 23:03:59 »
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Solar flux peaks every 11-13 years and hasn't ever caused any serious issues other than a cr@p TV picture. Then again, maybe the public had some common sense left last time. ::)

<geek mode> As a radio amateur, I'm looking forward to it. </geek mode>

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Fond memories :) :)

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Re: suns radiation will bugger your sat nav, they say
« Reply #20 on: 11 February 2010, 23:26:43 »
"next generation" enhanced landing systems will use GPS inputs to a large degree

LAAS  : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Area_Augmentation_System

GNSSA  : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_Based_Augmentation_System#Ground_Based_Augmentation_System

The whole idea is to reduce the time/distance between each aircraft on the approach, as this is the major bottleneck. On an ILS a minimum of 5 miles has to be maintained between aircraft to avoid the "front" one affecting the signal to the one behind.

there is also a major cost saving .. at present each runway needs an ILS at each end ... so O'hare needs 12 ILS installations ...  :(

With LAAS one install does the whole local area ...   :)

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Re: suns radiation will bugger your sat nav, they say
« Reply #21 on: 12 February 2010, 06:38:06 »
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What a very poorly worded and miss-informed article.

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Experts said the bursts of radiation caused by the flares interfere with signals from satellites orbiting the earth, causing receivers to fail and lose track of their position

They wont fail at all, they may loose reception from 1 or more satellites but, thats it.

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It is feared this will cause satnav receivers to be blinded for minutes at a time and could result in drivers becoming lost or involved in accidents.

Jesus, are people THAT stupid!

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Figures show that last year satellite navigation systems were blamed for causing around 300,000 people to crash in Britain.

If the figures are true, then clearly they are!

so about 3 times more than the total number of road traffic accidents then? seems a bit sus if you're asking  :o

papers eh? what are they like  ;D
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