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<DIV>My GPS-V puts out a pretty strong signal (spur) on 147.315, the frequency of a repeater in the Chicago area. I could, but haven't put it on an analizer to look for more.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>-- <BR>73, Steve, K9DCI USN (Vet) MOT (Ret) Ham (Yet)</DIV>
<DIV>--- On <B>Wed, 11/23/11, Earl Needham <I><earl.kd5xb@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Just had another incident of the same, about 8 miles south of Melrose, New Mexico. Since there isn't much there, on a hunch I decided to turn off the GPS-V. IMMEDIATELY the truck computer found the sats again, so --<BR><BR>My GPS-V has an external amplified antenna on it. It's about 7 or 8 years old, and has been through a lot of rain & snow. Is itpossible the antenna has some corrosion somewhere, such that it might oscillate and cause interference in the GPS band?<BR><BR>Vy 7 3<BR>Earl<BR>KD5XB<BR><BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=yiv1844785578gmail_quote>On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Earl Needham <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="http://us.mc386.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=earl.kd5xb@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:earl.kd5xb@gmail.com">earl.kd5xb@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>I can be fairly specific about where I had the problem in Denver -- I was on I-225, headed north, about a mile south of I-70. I guess I'll have to check a map to locate Federal Heights. <BR>
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<DIV>KD5XB -- Earl Needham <A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs</A> Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT Posted via Blackberry</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From: </B>david vanhorn <<A href="http://us.mc386.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kc6ete@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:kc6ete@gmail.com">kc6ete@gmail.com</A>> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Date: </B>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:48:49 -0700</DIV>
<DIV><B>To: </B><<A href="http://us.mc386.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=earl.kd5xb@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:earl.kd5xb@gmail.com">earl.kd5xb@gmail.com</A>>; TAPR APRS Mailing List<<A href="http://us.mc386.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=aprssig@tapr.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</A>></DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject: </B>Re: [aprssig] GPS interference?</DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>I have a suspiciously low number of reports in the federal heights area, but other than that it looks ok.<BR>This is an old Trimble yellow thing, not Earthmate, but similar. Needed a mod to run from 12V and has to hear "ASTRAL" before it will work.<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=yiv1844785578gmail_quote>On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 5:39 PM, david vanhorn <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="http://us.mc386.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kc6ete@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:kc6ete@gmail.com">kc6ete@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=yiv1844785578gmail_quote>Interesting.. I can check my tracks. I get thru Denver pretty often.<BR>You know it's all our fault for using their spectrum for all these years, right? (wink wink wink)<BR> <BR>BTW: I'd like to meet you in person one of these days.. :) <BR>
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<DIV class=yiv1844785578gmail_quote>On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Earl Needham <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="http://us.mc386.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=earl.kd5xb@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:earl.kd5xb@gmail.com">earl.kd5xb@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=yiv1844785578gmail_quote>Anybody know if Lightsquared is testing in Colorado?<BR><BR>Last night, while driving the 18-wheeler up I25, my old Garmin GPS-V (for APRS) lost the sats 6 or 8 times -- in Trinidad, Pueblo, and Denver. I first thought my GPS-V was dieing of old age -- but then I noticed the truck computer was losing the GPS signal at the same time. My Dezl 560LMT didn't seem to be affected.<BR><BR>I called my company this morning and they told me that some of our drivers had reported similar problems in the Southeast.<BR><BR>Anybody know what's going on?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Earl<BR><BR><BR>KD5XB -- Earl Needham <A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs</A> Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT Posted via
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