The GPS Week Number Rollover, which took place April 6, has caused several automated NOAA stations to go offline. Some of the outages could last until November. Photo: NOAA According to the EOS website, 19 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) coastal…
Launch of a weather balloon in Australia. (Photo: Townsville Meteorological Office/Bureau of Meteorology) The GPS Week Number Rollover, which took place April 6, has grounded the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) weather balloons. The fault was caused by the rollover of the…
Jackson Labs Technologies has announced the latest upgrades to its GPS simulator and transcoder product line. Screenshot: Jackson Labs The latest version of freeware application SimCon rev. 1.20 is now available. New features include: Single-button GPS Week Number Rollover testing…
The Coast Guard Navigation Center has published a special notice to mariners that use GPS equipment. The special notice outlines the details of the GPS Week Number Rollover that will occur April 6-7. To best prepare for the rollover event,…
