Tests could make GPS unreliable

The FAA is warning that GPS service in a 330 nautical mile circle of Nevada could be “unreliable or unavailable” for six-hour stretches from May 16-27 as broadband wholesaler LightSquared tests whether a signal from one of its proposed 40,000 towers upsets satellite navigation, according to a report at AVweb.com.

===> Posted on May 16th, 2011 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2011.