Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-04 Thread William H. Fite
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 angry

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread Don Latham
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 Fede

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread William H. Fite
Mike, I think you are quite correct. I wanted to make this observation earlier but feelings are clearly running so high on this list that I feared having my head ripped off by individuals of strong conviction. In my view, it is inconceivable that Lightsquared would be allowed to take out GPS serv

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread gary
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 susp

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread Tom Holmes
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 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 > >inte

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread Mike S
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 significa

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread gary
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. _

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread Mike S
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"

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread Pete Lancashire
ks pretty well for >> coverage. >> >> Bob >> >> -Original Message- >> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On >> Behalf Of Robert Atkinson >> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 12:54 PM >> To: Discussion of

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread clayj
gt; Sent: Thursday, February 03, 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 som

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread Bob Camp
coverage. Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Robert Atkinson Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 12:54 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-02 Thread Bob Camp
1 12:44 PM 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 wrote: > so, once the safety of life equipment is in place, with controlled > purchase of re