Dr. Moose@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoFCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’ (read: multi billion contract with Musk)www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1474arrow-down18
arrow-up1466arrow-down1external-linkFCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’ (read: multi billion contract with Musk)www.theverge.comDr. Moose@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up98·3 days agoAnd this is why the EU should have ignored the US when they whined that our Gallileo system used different frequencies from GPS. As it stands now Gallileo was built to using frequencies that the US can jam using GPS.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoOoh i did not know about that, interesting. However they could just have built their GPS sats in such a way that allows a wide range of frequency jamming anyways.
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agothere’s a significant difference in jamming capability between different frequencies? Are you jamming them from space or something? That doesn’t really seem like a significant technical limitation to me.
And this is why the EU should have ignored the US when they whined that our Gallileo system used different frequencies from GPS.
As it stands now Gallileo was built to using frequencies that the US can jam using GPS.
Ooh i did not know about that, interesting. However they could just have built their GPS sats in such a way that allows a wide range of frequency jamming anyways.
there’s a significant difference in jamming capability between different frequencies? Are you jamming them from space or something?
That doesn’t really seem like a significant technical limitation to me.