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Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl
you would think the armed forces would be having a bit to say on the subject Gary ?
geoff
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Hi Geoff,
According to Aviation Week, both the Deputy Defense Secretary and the Deputy
Transportation Secretary wrote a letter to the FCC on March 25th 2011 urging a
"comprehensive study of all potential interference to GPS".
See
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gener...n%20DOD,%20DOT
What is bizarre are the reports of where the FCC sent out the original request
for comment document over the Thanksgiving Holiday break and mandated the
responses need to be received in 10 days rather than the usual 30.
As reported in the Inside GNSS article, it was the FCC that came up with the
original US National Broadband plan in March last year. So when the LightSquared
proposal came along, it was a near perfect fit for the plan's goals. So naturally the
FCC was very enthusiastic about it and it seems as if they tried to rush it through.
However, the reports are stating that it is seriously technically flawed because it
will likely jam GPS receivers in proximity to the ground stations. So if such a system
were to go live and did indeed cause those levels of interference, it would be
pretty hard for people not to notice.
Maybe they thought they will just build it, switch it on and then wait and see if any
planes get lost.
It will be interesting to learn of the results of the Technical Working Group when they report
back on June 15th.