[aprssig] GPS problems in Los Angeles?

[Bob Poortinga]

Alex Carver <kf4lvz at yahoo.com> writes:

> The problem I have with this is the fact that I've driven in many other cities with
> PCS all in close proximity to highways and surface roads and never had any ill
> effects with the very same receiver.

It is possible that you were the victim of an illegal GPS jammer.

<http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20202-gps-fail-how-a-little-black-box-could-cause-chaos.html>

This is a real problem with devices imported directly from China such as
<http://gpsjammers.net/> and ebay
<http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=gps+jammer&_sacat=See-All-Categories>

I don't understand why the FCC hasn't dropped the boom on ebay.

73 de
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Bob Poortinga  K9SQL
Bloomington, IN  US