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Subject: Re: A further reason for traditional Navigation - GPS interference
From: George Huxtable (george@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun Jan 05 2003 - 16:43:48 EST
Aubrey O'callaghan quoted the following news item-
>"FAULTY GPS? CHECK THE TV AERIAL! THE next time a ship runs onto the
>Tricolor wreck it may worth checking whether anybody was watching
>television at the time. US Coast Guard is warning that certain marine
>television antennas may interfere with the performance of Global
>Positioning System receivers.
What may be more of a problem in the interference of television with
navigation, is when the watch officer is watching television rather than
looking out of the bridge window.
George Huxtable.
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