And yet another canard I find very tiring.....

PlanetJ wrote:

Good news but the FAA will not admit the big problem with SatNAV. WAAS
really doesn't address the RFI/Jamming problem. Intentional and
non-intentional RFI and jamming is still a concern. GPS is still very
vulnerable too interference and jamming. The new more powerful satellites
don't go up until 2008. Look for VOR/ILS/DME to hang around another 10 years
or so.

"Richard Kaplan" wrote in message
news:669da89399b1403eaf276544232ee932@TeraNews...
This is big news --- WAAS GPS is oficially operational for IFR use:

http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...03-3-019x.html


However, it looks like the timeframe to get low IFR approach minimums will
be longer than originally anticipated. Also a prior post sugested it may
cost $1500 to update a Gamin 530, which means some people may choose not
to
upgrade... soon when getting into a rental or club plane with a GPS, there
may be not only IFR vs. VFR installations but also WAAS IFR instalations
to
complicate things further.

--
Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com



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