The Ministry of Defence conduct occasional tests on military systems which may result in some loss of service to civilian users of the Global Positioning System (GPS) including in-car navigation devices and networks which rely on GPS signals. Ofcom seeks to provide citizens and consumers with information about possible interruptions to these services. It must be emphasised that this notification process only warns of future jamming exercises that are brought to the notice of Ofcom and may not cover all jamming exercises. It cannot be assumed that any loss of service is due to jamming exercises.
If you have any queries regarding these notices forward them to InfoGPS.Notices@ofcom.org.uk
Dates: The exercise will run over the periods 8th – 13th and 15th to 19th February 2021
Location: The jamming events will take place within 1km of grid reference NF 754 412 (WGS84 Lat N57° 20.75’ Long W007° 23.89’).
Times: 10:00 – 16:00.
Frequencies: 1557 – 1612 MHz, 1215 – 1256 MHz, 1160 – 1214 MHz
Areas of effect against a receiver:
Please note that while interference plots are provided up to 50,000ft the effects will not stop at this height and higher altitudes should assume the 50,000ft interference footprint
Dates: The exercise will run over the period 8th – 19th March 2021.
Location: Jammers will be located in the vicinity of Berry Hill HLS RAF Spadeadam. Lat/Lon N55° 03.1’ W002° 33.3’ (British National Grid reference NY646732)).
Times: 09:00 – 17:00.
Frequencies: 1565 – 1586 MHz, 1217 – 1238 MHz, 1188.45 – 1217 MHz.
Worst case areas of effect against a receiver:
