[time-nuts] Re: GPS D (i.e. gpsd) roll over bug..Oct 24th

[Magnus Danielson]

Björn,

The C/A code format have seen much greater changes before that. It's 
extention from 24 to 32 birds was not small, neither was the addition of 
the GPS-UTC corrections.

Cheers,
Magnus

On 2021-10-22 21:29, Björn wrote:
> ”It's actually a systemflaw that never was fixed in L1 C/A code. It would have been good if they added additional GPS-weeks bits in that signal, but it never materialiseras. It did for other newer signals.”
>
> The L1 C/A was optimised many decades ago. How Do you change the bitstream definition, considering several satellite generations running in parallel. Some approaching 20 years since launch. Many years more since design.
>
> How do you ensure that old and current working C/A-code receivers don’t turn into unusable crap?  (Including the systems they reside in)
>
> Systemflaw... for a system designed now yes. For one designed in the 70-ties, still running the show No. Not in my view.
>
>
> /Björn
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