Notice to Airmen Government doing Secret GPS "interference testing"

[ColoradoBob]

Anyone using GPS in The Southeastern US beware of the Navy doing "GPS Interference testing" that affected me here in Colorado today! Here is the link to the PDF from the FAA. I'm at 4600 feet and all my GPS devices thru a fit and my A2 couldn't keep 3 satellites when it normally sees 14 (in my garage no less!)

Be interesting to hear if anyone else was affected.

https://www.faasafety.gov/files/notices/2016/Jun/CHLK_16-08_GPS_Flight_Advisory.pdf


FLIGHT ADVISORY

GPS Interference Testing

CHLK GPS 16-08

07-30 June, 2016

China Lake, California

GPS testing is scheduled as follows and may result in unreliable or unavailable GPS signal

 

[Dezy]

I believe the NOTAM is for the Southwestern US - primarily California, from the Mexican boarder, to just north of Sacramento.

They are running the tests on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the month of June.