GPS Interference Update
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:42 pm
I saw this on my morning read file today:
The Air Force is studying the equipment that a commercial telecommunications
company wants to introduce across the United States because of its likely
interference with the Global Positioning System signal, Gen. William
Shelton, Air Force Space Command boss, told House lawmakers last week. The
company, LightSquared of Reston, Va., seeks to erect
<http://r.listpilot.net/c/afa/64mkv5p/2lu0z> up to 40,000 towers mostly in
US urban centers for a new 4G broadband network. "We believe from what we
have seen thus far that virtually every GPS receiver out there would be
affected," said Shelton. He continued, "What we're looking for now from the
company is actual hardware that they plan to use so that we can collect
empirical data as opposed to analytical data." This technical analysis is
due for delivery to the Federal Communications Commission-which is mulling
whether to grant the company an operating license-"by the June timeframe,"
said Shelton. He noted that the company shifted its business model from a
"largely a space-based effort with terrestrial augmentation," to "a
terrestrial-based network with space augmentation." Deputy Defense Secretary
Bill Lynn recently wrote FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski "strongly"
recommending that the commission defer final action until the analysis is
completed. (Lynn letter <http://r.listpilot.net/c/afa/64mkv5p/2lu10> )
Jerry Folkerts
SR2500 #093
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The Air Force is studying the equipment that a commercial telecommunications
company wants to introduce across the United States because of its likely
interference with the Global Positioning System signal, Gen. William
Shelton, Air Force Space Command boss, told House lawmakers last week. The
company, LightSquared of Reston, Va., seeks to erect
<http://r.listpilot.net/c/afa/64mkv5p/2lu0z> up to 40,000 towers mostly in
US urban centers for a new 4G broadband network. "We believe from what we
have seen thus far that virtually every GPS receiver out there would be
affected," said Shelton. He continued, "What we're looking for now from the
company is actual hardware that they plan to use so that we can collect
empirical data as opposed to analytical data." This technical analysis is
due for delivery to the Federal Communications Commission-which is mulling
whether to grant the company an operating license-"by the June timeframe,"
said Shelton. He noted that the company shifted its business model from a
"largely a space-based effort with terrestrial augmentation," to "a
terrestrial-based network with space augmentation." Deputy Defense Secretary
Bill Lynn recently wrote FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski "strongly"
recommending that the commission defer final action until the analysis is
completed. (Lynn letter <http://r.listpilot.net/c/afa/64mkv5p/2lu10> )
Jerry Folkerts
SR2500 #093
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