On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:27 PM, unruh <un...@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> wrote: > > I think this is a really bad idea. It conveys the impression that it is > OK to jam GPS-- "Even the government thinks it is OK to jam GPS." This > removes the (admittedly possibly small) moral argument that it is bad to > jam GPS because of the harm it could do. > This says "Taking GPS off the air for 18 hours is fine".
If you're within a few miles of one of the 40,000 planned LightSquared base stations, you'll likely lose GPS for good, if the FCC sticks to its current approval to repurpose a GPS-adjacent band allocated for space-based use for terrestrial broadband. Search for LightSquared or see for example: http://freegeographytools.com/2011/update-on-lightsquareds-gps-jamming-proposal These LightSquared guys apparently know their way around the DC beltway, managing to schedule an accelerated approval to coincide with Thanksgiving. I can only suppose they bribed the right people. Did I say bribed? I'm sorry, expressed their first amendment rights via unlimited political donations! Silly me. Dave Hart _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
