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To: jan m. who wrote (790)	12/29/1997 10:44:00 AM
From: Gary R. Owens	Respond to of 9818

Jan, Not sure I understand it completely either but these may help: tycho.usno.navy.mil garynorth.com Seems it has to do with the week count which started in Jan 1980. On 8/22/99 the week goes from 1024 (2 to the 10th power) to 0. Hope this helps, gary

To: jan m. who wrote (790)	12/29/1997 2:39:00 PM
From: David Eddy	Respond to of 9818

Jan - Do you know why the GPS units flip on 8/22/99? The numbering system used can only count to 1024 weeks. The 1025th week flips over to 0 (that's how computer registers 'overflow'). Were you referring to all GPS units? The wording at the Naval Observator site essentially says: "It's up to the receiving device to cope with the problem... contact the manufactorer of your device." Personally I don't deal with such devices (I navigate by eyeball). <g> - David