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Old August 6th 06, 12:17 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mike[_5_]
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Default GPS Problems near CHD..

"Dan" wrote in message
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As a followup to my previous post on 396 GPS reception problems, has
anyone noticed GPS reception issues around the Chandler, AZ airport?
As soon as I leave the ground, I seem to always lose satellite lock on
my Garmin 396. I lose satellite lock like crazy in the pattern.
Leave
the area, and everything is fine. Throughout 2 cross countries, not
one
problem with the satellite. Get near CHD (and once on the ground at
FFZ) and problems are guaranteed.

It's not the on-board radios, since this has happend in 2 different
aircraft, and in one of them, the only radio in use was a GNS 430.
(430 did not lose sat lock).

Maybe there is some kind of interferance, although this pattern of
behaviour is very strange!

--Dan


You might report it to ATC or FSS although depending on the controller
they might not know what to do with it. The FAA actually tracks GPS
anomalies.