Bob - I do not believe it has any effect. The DirecTV satellites are geostationary at about 22K miles. I used to experience the same phenomenon in the late 70's with my TVRO receiver at C band. GPS has some 36 or so satellites in a Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). Blockage, if it can even occur due to the nature of the receiving antenna, of a single one for a few minutes will have no discernible effect in my opinion. 73 - Mike
Mike B. Feher, EOZ Inc. 89 Arnold Blvd. Howell, NJ, 07731 732-886-5960 office 908-902-3831 cell -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bob Stewart Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 1:40 PM To: Time Nuts Subject: [time-nuts] Sun Outage Two days this week, there was a 3 or 4 minute outage on DirecTV as the sun aligned with the satellite and my dish. So I was wondering what kind of effect this has on the GPS system and especially timing receivers. Bob - AE6RV _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
