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And this is important as with BPL we had the ARRL and its lawyers
organizing the battle. GPS users are represented, maybe, by the
manufacturers, which may see big $$ if new GPS units were to be
needed...<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">73 de
K9CHP Amir Findling, Member ARRL, ARRL/ W5YI
VE, WAC, WAS, DXCC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On 2/7/2011 16:25, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:clayj@nwlink.com">clayj@nwlink.com</a> wrote:
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cite="mid:18765.204.63.208.199.1297113938.squirrel@webmail.iinet.com"
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<pre wrap="">Yeah, this is definitely BPL "dejavu all over again".
But, as someone on Time-Nuts (where this originated) pointed out - the
first time the LightSquared (?) folks mess up either a military or
aviation GPS; the FCC will pull this authorization (and, as Steve says,
then the attorneys and consultants will get rich(er)).
In the meantime, there IS something we can do - I wrote all 3 of my
congresscritters (which is easy these days, just fill out some contact
information and cut/paste the text) and asked that they look into this.
So far,only Patty Murray (Sen D WA) has responded; but her response was a
"legislative inquiry" to the FCC, asking them to respond to me.
Imagine how annoyed the FCC would get if they got 2 or 3 of these from
EVERY representative and senator; or even 50% of them! If they get
annoyed enough, they MIGHT take a second look.
Clay
N7QNM
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<pre wrap="">Reposted from the Yahoo TinyTrack group:
"Seen this in the VX-8R and TH-D7 groups here on Yahoo. Since I haven't
seen it posted in here... I figured I would (as it would have a serious
effect on APRS tracking).
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://freegeographytools.com/2011/how-the-fcc-plans-to-destroy-gps-a-simple-explanation"><http://freegeographytools.com/2011/how-the-fcc-plans-to-destroy-gps-a-simple-explanation></a>
Mike - N1EVH"
Quick summary of the story: The FCC has apparently fast-track
authorized, through a questionable procedure, a "4G" high-speed wireless
internet service to operate on frequencies directly adjacent the the 1575
MHz GPS channel.
This system, ostensibly a satellite-based service, would be augmented by
thousands of terrestrial "fill-in" transmitters that could desensitize or
block GPS receivers for a radius of several miles around each site.
I have already observed this phenomenon from 1.9 GHz PCS cellular base
stations. Some GPS systems with remotely-mounted active antennas
containing 15-20 dB gain preamps (to offset the coax loss) will
desensitize and go out of lock when they get within a half-block or so of
a PCS cell site. (All-in-one GPS devices, such as hockey-puck or
mouse-type units or car navigators, where a non-amplified passive antenna
is connected directly to the receiver front end, don't seem to be prone to
this problem.)
In the case of PCS, the offending transmitters are 400 MHz or so away from
the GPS channel. This new threat is DIRECTLY ADJACENT to the the GPS
channel, and most likely will be a far far worse problem.
Is this the BPL fiasco redux??
Or more directly comparable, the mess on 800 MHz where thousands of Nextel
transmitters were licensed on frequencies interleaved with 800 MHz public
safety channels. The problem was that the public safety systems use
relatively few base stations, often on mountains or tall towers many miles
away from the users' handhelds; i.e. delivering a relatively low signal
strength to users on the ground. The Nextel systems were placing
transmitters on low towers every few blocks in town, yielding signals on
the ground hundreds or thousands of times greater. These were massively
overloading the front ends of PS receivers on adjacent channels,
desensitizing them without creating audible interference.
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent in a 800-MHz rebanding
process (where Nextel is supposed to pay for new radio gear for the PS
users on a different block of frequencies) that has dragged on for years
now. So far, the rebanding effort has mainly benefited communications
attorneys and radio design consultants hired by both sides.
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