From Tom Thu Jun 2 15:08:19 1994 From: Tom (Tom) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 1994 15:08:19 PDT Subject: [IGSMAIL-0620] GODE Interruption plus PRN13 comments Message-ID: ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail Thu Jun 2 15:08:19 PDT 1994 Message Number 0620 ****************************************************************************** Author: Tom Clark Subject: GODE Interruption plus PRN13 comments The GODE receiver at NASA Goddard was off-line from about 15:20 to 18:30 UTC today (June 2). I was testing a new multiple receiver power splitter for some upcoming receiver intercomparison tests. I also observed that the TurboRogue was wasting a channel attempting to track PRN13. PRN13 is one of the last Block-I satellites which has been sending an unhealthy status for the past couple of months. The "Don't use unhealthy" software switch was set, but the receiver refused to ignore the bogus satellite. After much consternation I found that the only way to configure the TurboRogue to ignore a satellite is to declare a session starting ASAP and running forever, and then edit the session screen to ignore unhealthy satellites if you are running without a computer connected. I would advise all receiver operators to force their receiver to ignore PRN13 so that the receiver can free the channel to track a "real" satellite. Regards, Tom Clark