Hi
Are all the receivers the same type / model? If so what are they? Various
receivers made over the last 20 years have some “issues” that can pop up.
Is the antenna gain properly matched to the needs of the receiver? Some
are designed for a “target gain” of 20 db, others 30, some 50. Match a
20 db receiver with a 50 db antenna …. you have issues.
Are all the hilltops in common view of each other? Somebody jamming their
ankle bracelet could be the simple answer if they are ….
Just what overloads this or that receiver often is a bit obscure. Most are pretty
good at taking out CW tones. It often takes something a bit more complex
to drive them insane. This makes testing a bit exciting.
Lots of strange and weird possibilities.
Bob
On Jul 10, 2022, at 3:19 PM, skipp Isaham via time-nuts time-nuts@lists.febo.com wrote:
Hello to the Group,
I'd like to get some opinions and war stories regarding GPS reliability at
high RF level and elevation locations.
Background: Three different hill-top GPS receivers, all different types, using
different antennas mounted on an outside fixiture, plain view of the open sky,
all stopped working.
Test antennas were brought in and placed on a fixture well away from the
original antennas, the recevers went back in to capture and lock.
From what I understand, the original antennas are what I would call straight
preamp with no pre-selection / filtering.
The ordered and now inbound replacements are said to contain a SAW filter
system. It is the intent of the client to just place these "improved antennas" in
to service and get on with life.
I would suspect a GPS antenna (and receiver) could be subject to RF overload
or blocking, however, we're assuming nothing major has changed at the site, nor
any nearby location. One might think there are more GPS receivers being pushed
out of reliable operation by the world around them, I'm just not hearing those stories
from a lot of people using them (GPS receivers).
Any new install GPS receiver antenna ordered will/should contain some pre-selection
to potentially avoid a problem, even some years down the road? Seems like that's
where things are going... no more off the shelf, wide band, (hot) preamplified GPS antennas
in busy locations?
Thank you in advance for any related comments and/or opions ...
cheers,
skipp
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for what it's worth ... the UK gov. is nice enough to warn about GPS jamming
exercises
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/information/gps-jamming-exercises
not sure about the US of A announcements on such activities. At least in France
I have never seen such warnings.
Best, JM
--
JM Friedt, FEMTO-ST Time & Frequency, 26 rue de l'Epitaphe, 25000 Besancon, France
July 11, 2022 7:42 PM, "Bob kb8tq via time-nuts" time-nuts@lists.febo.com wrote:
Hi
Are all the receivers the same type / model? If so what are they? Various
receivers made over the last 20 years have some “issues” that can pop up.
Is the antenna gain properly matched to the needs of the receiver? Some
are designed for a “target gain” of 20 db, others 30, some 50. Match a
20 db receiver with a 50 db antenna …. you have issues.
Are all the hilltops in common view of each other? Somebody jamming their
ankle bracelet could be the simple answer if they are ….
Just what overloads this or that receiver often is a bit obscure. Most are pretty
good at taking out CW tones. It often takes something a bit more complex
to drive them insane. This makes testing a bit exciting.
Lots of strange and weird possibilities.
Bob
On Jul 10, 2022, at 3:19 PM, skipp Isaham via time-nuts time-nuts@lists.febo.com wrote:
Hello to the Group,
I'd like to get some opinions and war stories regarding GPS reliability at
high RF level and elevation locations.Background: Three different hill-top GPS receivers, all different types, using
different antennas mounted on an outside fixiture, plain view of the open sky,
all stopped working.Test antennas were brought in and placed on a fixture well away from the
original antennas, the recevers went back in to capture and lock.From what I understand, the original antennas are what I would call straight
preamp with no pre-selection / filtering.The ordered and now inbound replacements are said to contain a SAW filter
system. It is the intent of the client to just place these "improved antennas" in
to service and get on with life.I would suspect a GPS antenna (and receiver) could be subject to RF overload
or blocking, however, we're assuming nothing major has changed at the site, nor
any nearby location. One might think there are more GPS receivers being pushed
out of reliable operation by the world around them, I'm just not hearing those stories
from a lot of people using them (GPS receivers).Any new install GPS receiver antenna ordered will/should contain some pre-selection
to potentially avoid a problem, even some years down the road? Seems like that's
where things are going... no more off the shelf, wide band, (hot) preamplified GPS antennas
in busy locations?Thank you in advance for any related comments and/or opions ...
cheers,
skipp
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Google 'GPS testing notices'
On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 1:15 PM jeanmichel.friedt--- via time-nuts <
time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote:
for what it's worth ... the UK gov. is nice enough to warn about GPS
jamming
exercises
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/information/gps-jamming-exercises
not sure about the US of A announcements on such activities. At least in
France
I have never seen such warnings.
Best, JM
--
JM Friedt, FEMTO-ST Time & Frequency, 26 rue de l'Epitaphe, 25000
Besancon, France
July 11, 2022 7:42 PM, "Bob kb8tq via time-nuts" time-nuts@lists.febo.com
wrote:
Hi
Are all the receivers the same type / model? If so what are they?
Various
receivers made over the last 20 years have some “issues” that can pop
up.
Is the antenna gain properly matched to the needs of the receiver? Some
are designed for a “target gain” of 20 db, others 30, some 50. Match a
20 db receiver with a 50 db antenna …. you have issues.
Are all the hilltops in common view of each other? Somebody jamming their
ankle bracelet could be the simple answer if they are ….
Just what overloads this or that receiver often is a bit obscure. Most
are pretty
good at taking out CW tones. It often takes something a bit more complex
to drive them insane. This makes testing a bit exciting.
Lots of strange and weird possibilities.
Bob
On Jul 10, 2022, at 3:19 PM, skipp Isaham via time-nuts <
time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote:
Hello to the Group,
I'd like to get some opinions and war stories regarding GPS reliability
at
high RF level and elevation locations.
Background: Three different hill-top GPS receivers, all different
types, using
different antennas mounted on an outside fixiture, plain view of the
open sky,
all stopped working.
Test antennas were brought in and placed on a fixture well away from the
original antennas, the recevers went back in to capture and lock.
From what I understand, the original antennas are what I would call
straight
preamp with no pre-selection / filtering.
The ordered and now inbound replacements are said to contain a SAW
filter
system. It is the intent of the client to just place these "improved
antennas" in
to service and get on with life.
I would suspect a GPS antenna (and receiver) could be subject to RF
overload
or blocking, however, we're assuming nothing major has changed at the
site, nor
any nearby location. One might think there are more GPS receivers being
pushed
out of reliable operation by the world around them, I'm just not
hearing those stories
from a lot of people using them (GPS receivers).
Any new install GPS receiver antenna ordered will/should contain some
pre-selection
to potentially avoid a problem, even some years down the road? Seems
like that's
where things are going... no more off the shelf, wide band, (hot)
preamplified GPS antennas
in busy locations?
Thank you in advance for any related comments and/or opions ...
cheers,
skipp
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On 7/11/22 12:48, jeanmichel.friedt--- via time-nuts wrote:
for what it's worth ... the UK gov. is nice enough to warn about GPS jamming
exercises
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/information/gps-jamming-exercises
not sure about the US of A announcements on such activities. At least in France
I have never seen such warnings.
Yes, they do. Still, it is annoying to be piloting an aircraft in
instrument conditions and have GPS go away. When it has happened usually
I am prepared to switch back to VOR navigation.
--
Brian Lloyd
706 Flightline
Spring Branch, TX 78070
brian@lloyd.aero mailto://brian@lloyd.aero
+1.210.620.0011
On 7/11/2022 8:43 AM, Andy Talbot via time-nuts wrote:
I also heard a case of a GPS antenna going unstable, oscillating and taking
out most of the boats in a marina.
There have also been several cases of cheap active TV antennas doing the
same thing. There was a case 10 or more years ago that shut down an LA
marina and the Port of Long Beach for several days until it was located.
Oz (in DFW, Texas near the airport)
Hi
These days there are folks who make a living tracking down interference
sources in the vicinity of ports and airports on a contract basis. Many of
the issues are navigation related. Some of it is GPS. Some is other stuff
( like 5 GHz WiFI and radar …)
Bob
On Jul 11, 2022, at 1:28 PM, Oz-in-DFW via time-nuts time-nuts@lists.febo.com wrote:
On 7/11/2022 8:43 AM, Andy Talbot via time-nuts wrote:
I also heard a case of a GPS antenna going unstable, oscillating and taking
out most of the boats in a marina.
There have also been several cases of cheap active TV antennas doing the same thing. There was a case 10 or more years ago that shut down an LA marina and the Port of Long Beach for several days until it was located.
Oz (in DFW, Texas near the airport)
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Hi,
if you're worried about in-band interference, the 23cm HAM radio band is
reasonably close to the L1 GPS frequency. When I was still active in packet
radio back in the days, our digipeater DB0DAR lost an interlink due to
interference with a precision GPS receiver in use by another university
institute. We had to shut it down. I think they operated a DGPS site at the
time and our link traffic caused errors in the correction data. Or something.
BR,
Matthias
On Montag, 11. Juli 2022 01:19:18 CEST skipp Isaham via time-nuts wrote:
Hello to the Group,
I'd like to get some opinions and war stories regarding GPS reliability at
high RF level and elevation locations.
Background: Three different hill-top GPS receivers, all different types,
using different antennas mounted on an outside fixiture, plain view of the
open sky, all stopped working.
Test antennas were brought in and placed on a fixture well away from the
original antennas, the recevers went back in to capture and lock.
From what I understand, the original antennas are what I would call straight
preamp with no pre-selection / filtering.
The ordered and now inbound replacements are said to contain a SAW filter
system. It is the intent of the client to just place these "improved
antennas" in to service and get on with life.
I would suspect a GPS antenna (and receiver) could be subject to RF overload
or blocking, however, we're assuming nothing major has changed at the site,
nor any nearby location. One might think there are more GPS receivers
being pushed out of reliable operation by the world around them, I'm just
not hearing those stories from a lot of people using them (GPS receivers).
Any new install GPS receiver antenna ordered will/should contain some
pre-selection to potentially avoid a problem, even some years down the
road? Seems like that's where things are going... no more off the shelf,
wide band, (hot) preamplified GPS antennas in busy locations?
Thank you in advance for any related comments and/or opions ...
cheers,
skipp
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I’m going to bring up jamming here as 1) i live directly under a military air route. 2) a local OTR trucker brings regularly scheduled jamming when he leaves/arrives home.
Your client could also be in proximity to a ‘prepper’ who is running a GPS jammer to prevent ‘three letter agencies’ from tracking them. Or a trucker doing the same and forgetting to shut down their jammer. GPS jammers are available ‘under the counter’ at virtually every truck stop in the US.
Yes it’s highly illegal and disrespectful of other system users and in the prepper case will eventually attract the attention of those very authorities they wished to avoid.
A reasonable way to check for jamming is the FAA ADS-B system. if a ADS-B outage exists in same area and time as client sees GPS failure Client is likely to be experiencing jamming as ADS-B utilizes onboard GPS receivers to report aircraft position using a transmitter at 1090MHz in real time instead of depending on ATC radar to trigger a transponder.
Link to the FAA ADS-B outage system below
https://sapt.faa.gov/outages.php?outageType=129001450&outageResolution=0.5
Content by Scott
Typos by Siri
On Jul 12, 2022, at 3:20 AM, Matthias Welwarsky via time-nuts time-nuts@lists.febo.com wrote:
Hi,
if you're worried about in-band interference, the 23cm HAM radio band is
reasonably close to the L1 GPS frequency. When I was still active in packet
radio back in the days, our digipeater DB0DAR lost an interlink due to
interference with a precision GPS receiver in use by another university
institute. We had to shut it down. I think they operated a DGPS site at the
time and our link traffic caused errors in the correction data. Or something.
BR,
Matthias
On Montag, 11. Juli 2022 01:19:18 CEST skipp Isaham via time-nuts wrote:
Hello to the Group,
I'd like to get some opinions and war stories regarding GPS reliability at
high RF level and elevation locations.
Background: Three different hill-top GPS receivers, all different types,
using different antennas mounted on an outside fixiture, plain view of the
open sky, all stopped working.
Test antennas were brought in and placed on a fixture well away from the
original antennas, the recevers went back in to capture and lock.
From what I understand, the original antennas are what I would call straight
preamp with no pre-selection / filtering.
The ordered and now inbound replacements are said to contain a SAW filter
system. It is the intent of the client to just place these "improved
antennas" in to service and get on with life.
I would suspect a GPS antenna (and receiver) could be subject to RF overload
or blocking, however, we're assuming nothing major has changed at the site,
nor any nearby location. One might think there are more GPS receivers
being pushed out of reliable operation by the world around them, I'm just
not hearing those stories from a lot of people using them (GPS receivers).
Any new install GPS receiver antenna ordered will/should contain some
pre-selection to potentially avoid a problem, even some years down the
road? Seems like that's where things are going... no more off the shelf,
wide band, (hot) preamplified GPS antennas in busy locations?
Thank you in advance for any related comments and/or opions ...
cheers,
skipp
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Hi Matthias,
There has been interference reported and resolved between 23cm and Galileo, which have signals in the 23cm band.
/Björn
Sent from my Phone
On 12 Jul 2022, at 09:20, Matthias Welwarsky via time-nuts time-nuts@lists.febo.com wrote:
Hi,
if you're worried about in-band interference, the 23cm HAM radio band is
reasonably close to the L1 GPS frequency. When I was still active in packet
radio back in the days, our digipeater DB0DAR lost an interlink due to
interference with a precision GPS receiver in use by another university
institute. We had to shut it down. I think they operated a DGPS site at the
time and our link traffic caused errors in the correction data. Or something.
BR,
Matthias
On Montag, 11. Juli 2022 01:19:18 CEST skipp Isaham via time-nuts wrote:
Hello to the Group,I'd like to get some opinions and war stories regarding GPS reliability at
high RF level and elevation locations.Background: Three different hill-top GPS receivers, all different types,
using different antennas mounted on an outside fixiture, plain view of the
open sky, all stopped working.Test antennas were brought in and placed on a fixture well away from the
original antennas, the recevers went back in to capture and lock.From what I understand, the original antennas are what I would call straight
preamp with no pre-selection / filtering.The ordered and now inbound replacements are said to contain a SAW filter
system. It is the intent of the client to just place these "improved
antennas" in to service and get on with life.I would suspect a GPS antenna (and receiver) could be subject to RF overload
or blocking, however, we're assuming nothing major has changed at the site,
nor any nearby location. One might think there are more GPS receivers
being pushed out of reliable operation by the world around them, I'm just
not hearing those stories from a lot of people using them (GPS receivers).Any new install GPS receiver antenna ordered will/should contain some
pre-selection to potentially avoid a problem, even some years down the
road? Seems like that's where things are going... no more off the shelf,
wide band, (hot) preamplified GPS antennas in busy locations?Thank you in advance for any related comments and/or opions ...
cheers,
skipp
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For what it is worth...
I have a commercial grade ( Symmetricom ?) GPS antenna on the roof of my home. I don't recall ever having any issues with GPS reception despite having / had various other transmit / receive antennas on the roof for various frequencies from 1.8 MHz thru 1.3 GHz. Power levels on some bands (not including 1.2 GHz thru 1.3 GHz where I have never exceeded approx 10 watts) can equal or occasionally exceed 100 watts.
As far as I know all my GPS receivers are using the typical 1.5 GHz GPS band.
As usual the experiences of others may differ from mine.
Best regards
Mark Spencer
On Jul 12, 2022, at 12:08 AM, Matthias Welwarsky via time-nuts time-nuts@lists.febo.com wrote:
Hi,
if you're worried about in-band interference, the 23cm HAM radio band is
reasonably close to the L1 GPS frequency. When I was still active in packet
radio back in the days, our digipeater DB0DAR lost an interlink due to
interference with a precision GPS receiver in use by another university
institute. We had to shut it down. I think they operated a DGPS site at the
time and our link traffic caused errors in the correction data. Or something.
BR,
Matthias
On Montag, 11. Juli 2022 01:19:18 CEST skipp Isaham via time-nuts wrote:
Hello to the Group,I'd like to get some opinions and war stories regarding GPS reliability at
high RF level and elevation locations.Background: Three different hill-top GPS receivers, all different types,
using different antennas mounted on an outside fixiture, plain view of the
open sky, all stopped working.Test antennas were brought in and placed on a fixture well away from the
original antennas, the recevers went back in to capture and lock.From what I understand, the original antennas are what I would call straight
preamp with no pre-selection / filtering.The ordered and now inbound replacements are said to contain a SAW filter
system. It is the intent of the client to just place these "improved
antennas" in to service and get on with life.I would suspect a GPS antenna (and receiver) could be subject to RF overload
or blocking, however, we're assuming nothing major has changed at the site,
nor any nearby location. One might think there are more GPS receivers
being pushed out of reliable operation by the world around them, I'm just
not hearing those stories from a lot of people using them (GPS receivers).Any new install GPS receiver antenna ordered will/should contain some
pre-selection to potentially avoid a problem, even some years down the
road? Seems like that's where things are going... no more off the shelf,
wide band, (hot) preamplified GPS antennas in busy locations?Thank you in advance for any related comments and/or opions ...
cheers,
skipp
skipp025 at jah who dot calm
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