A good point, Don, and no one should infer from my earlier post that I am
any fan of the FCC, either. I found working with them to be a profoundly
frustrating experience. My point, though, was that those marketplace
decisions are an integral part of the FCC mission. The business people get
for
coverage.
Bob
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Hi,
First I'm in the UK so this does not directly affect me. I do have some
slightly independent comments.
Firstly the Garmin tests seemed very reasonable and erred to favor
LightSquared. They were free field in an anecohic chamber
, 2011 12:54 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given
thegoahead
Hi,
First I'm in the UK so this does not directly affect me. I do have some
slightly independent comments.
Firstly the Garmin tests
At 05:04 PM 2/3/2011, Bob Camp wrote...
I would by no means argue with any of those points. The only thing I
would
add is that 40,000 transmitters is a *lot* of hardware to fill in
gaps.
Which is precisely why that characterization is wrong. ground stations
are 'fill in' for heavy use areas
Do we have any congressional HAMs these days. Bill Nelson should have
had a license since he was an astronaut, but I'm not finding it.
It only take a little radio knowledge to realize how stupid much of what
the FCC approves. The FCC raison d'etre is to prevent interference.
At 05:54 PM 2/3/2011, gary wrote...
It only take a little radio knowledge to realize how stupid much of
what the FCC approves. The FCC raison d'etre is to prevent
interference.
I don't see any reason for people to get all excited. GPS is
fundamentally a military system, and has very
] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given
thegoahead
At 05:54 PM 2/3/2011, gary wrote...
It only take a little radio knowledge to realize how stupid much of
what the FCC approves. The FCC raison d'etre is to prevent
interference.
I don't see any reason for people to get all excited. GPS
Oh, they would have good filtering for THEIR GPS receiver. It;s just the
rest of us suckers that don't matter.
I have a Trimble GPS antenna I never used due to the goofy voltage.
p/n 16248-50
patent 3984834
My recollection is they have a SAW filter in it. It is used by the Navy,
though I
No head-ripping, Bill, simply that the FCC makes by fiat decisions that
belong in the marketplace. As long as it's easier for business to
cultivate a mandate instead of competing, I'll continue to dislike the FCC
behavior.
Part of the blame actually devolves from a great mistake by Reagan, the
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given
thegoahead
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Don Latham d...@montana.com wrote:
so, once the safety of life equipment is in place, with controlled
purchase
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