[time-nuts] FW: IIMorrow GPS units non-functional since Sunday

[Jim Palfreyman]

I'm fascinated by the 320 nm flight.

320 billionths of a metre is quite short distance to use a plane.

I would have walked.

Jim


2008/8/20 Daun Yeagley <daun at yeagley.net>

> Looks like a little "OOPS" here!
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> Daun
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:43 PM
> Subject: FW: IIMorrow GPS units non-functional since Sunday
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> Oops....
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> Sent: Tue 8/19/2008 4:10 PM
> To: grumman-gang at mailman.xmission.com
> Subject: IIMorrow GPS units non-functional since Sunday
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> So I jump in my little bird yesterday for a 320 nm hop to a customer
> location, and find my GPS just can't get a fix on my position (Flybuddy
> 820,
> Apollo 360).  While a little irritated by this fact, it isn't a critical
> piece of a equipment so I flip the power switch off and navigate via VOR,
> which delivered me safely and efficiently there and back.
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> I head back out to the field today to see if I can troubleshoot the issue
> (armed with my manual), and find the thing can't keep track of the time.  I
> set the time and a little while later it thinks it's Jan 3, 2089 (right
> time
> of day however).   After my tinkering, I call the support line thinking I
> have a dead internal battery or something similar.
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> It turns out every one of these units stopped working sometime Sunday and
> they don't fully understand the cause or the fix as of yet.  Good news, I
> don't have a malfunctioning unit.  Bad news, it's a brick until something
> changes and I get to look at 2 INOP stickers.
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> They are working with the engineering group that provided the GPS engine
> for
> these units , and asked that I give them a few days and check back on the
> progress.   If you have one of these units, expect it isn't functional.  I
> will share any news I get.
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> Scott Hjermstad
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