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Re: GPS Interference
From: Richard M Pisko
Date: 2011 Sep 19, 12:50 -0600
From: Richard M Pisko
Date: 2011 Sep 19, 12:50 -0600
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:42:37 -0600, Apache Runnerwrote: > I'd suspect that the problems of interference may well be in the details > of > the construction of the transmitters in the Light-squared frequency > range, > and receivers in the GPS - the degree of sensitivity and bleed-through - > so > the devil may lie in details like that. Of course it doesn't mean that > decision making isn't prone to politics and corruption, but if the > details > involve a question of engineering standards, the issue gets a bit more > cloudy. I had read that the initial application (approved) was for satellite phones; bought up by LightSquared and modified to all terrestrial transmission towers. Lots of difference in the energy that reaches the ground receivers. -- Richard . . . Using Opera since the"Dog" died