Could be that the miltary are conducting some war games. >From a previous event:
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2012/04/12/war-games-planes-in-near-miss-over-scotland-following-mix-up-in-communications-86908-23821821/ note final para. On 11 April 2012 22:13, Nick Whitelegg <nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk> wrote: > Had some quite extraordinary problems trying to get a GPS signal this > afternoon in the Fisherstreet area, on the Surrey/W Sussex border a few > miles SE of Haslemere. > Between around 1300 and 1400 BST I could get no signal whatsoever. I lost > the signal in a wooded area around 1255 BST and then could not get it back > at all, despite being in an open area with most of the sky visible, only the > sky low in the west was hidden behind a nearby hill (Blackdown). Turning the > device off and on again a couple of times had no effect. > > Around 1400 I finally got the signal again, ironically when entering a wood, > and so retraced my steps. Signal went again. Finally worked around 30 mins > later, though GPS reception was rather wobbly all afternoon. > > Anyone else get any problems today? Maybe the satellites were in an unusual > configuration so none were particularly high up for a few hours? > The weather was slightly notable with a good number of thunderstorm-type > shower clouds dotted around (though no thunder heard) and ironically, later > on around 1830BST when one of these was actually overhead (and depositing > rain) - and, I was in a wooded area with not much sky visible - I got a good > signal! > > Nick > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
