I note new radio altimeters make mention that they are resistant to 5G 
interference.

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> On Dec 12, 2021, at 2:17 PM, Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> But it was probably not developed in 1955.
>  
> From: Bill Prince
> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2021 1:57 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] C band 5G vs Radar Altimeters
>  
> Yet somehow the range-finding in my Mazda can figure out the distance to the 
> car in front of me and adjust accordingly without a flat surface or using 
> much bandwidth.
> 
>  
> 
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
> On 12/12/2021 12:22 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>> From a white paper:
>>  
>> Radar Altitude resolution is defined as  where Bandwidth refers to the  
>> amount of linear frequency modulation in Hertz and c is the speed of light 
>> in meters per second.  Specifications for Commercial Transport Altitude 
>> Accuracy found in industry document DO‐155 within 1.5  feet at or below 75ft 
>> of altitude and within 3 feet at or below 150 ft of altitude. These accuracy 
>> levels were  determined from requirements for safety and smooth reliable 
>> performance for every landing under all  visibility conditions. 
>>  
>> The above calculation then reveals that to resolve 3ft of altitude range 
>> requires 164 MHz of modulation  bandwidth. In order to reach 1.5 ft 
>> resolution would have required 328 MHz of operating bandwidth, but  that is 
>> not available within the legal band.  To reach 1.5 ft resolution requires 
>> “sub‐resolution” of the data  by signal processing means. But this 
>> sub‐resolution is only possible with exceptionally high signal to noise  
>> ratios and over the flat surface of the runway at low altitudes. 
>>  
>> The total bandwidth is: 164MHz Resolution + 10MHz Multiple Altimeter Offset 
>> +15 MHz Frequency  temperature stability results in a total 189MHz with the 
>> remaining 11 MHz of bandwidth reserved for 5.5  MHz wide “guard bands” at 
>> the band edges to assure that the minor sidebands created by the altimeter 
>> do  not intrude on adjacent band users and similarly to avoid adjacent band 
>> users that might otherwise  interfere with normal altimeter operations.
>>  
>> From: Chuck McCown via AF
>> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2021 1:05 PM
>> To: Mike Hammett ; AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>> Cc: Chuck McCown
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] C band 5G vs Radar Altimeters
>>  
>> Start with every single airliner worldwide and probably every single 
>> military aircraft.  This is a global system, global frequency allocation and 
>> brand new planes come with radar altimeters. 
>>  
>> From: Mike Hammett
>> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2021 12:19 PM
>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>> Cc: Chuck McCown
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] C band 5G vs Radar Altimeters
>>  
>> There can't be THAT many old planes in the air that have this automated 
>> landing system.
>>  
>> Buy new receivers or install some filters.
>> 
>> 5 MHz away? Okay.
>> 10 MHz? Maybe.
>> 200? Bugger off.
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> They're not making new spectrum, so everyone (even incumbents) needs to move 
>> with the times.
>> 
>> 
>> Just like the 30 MHz T1 microwave links out there. Put something else in the 
>> air more efficient.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----
>> Mike Hammett
>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>> 
>> Midwest Internet Exchange
>> 
>> The Brothers WISP
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: "Chuck McCown via AF" mailto:[email protected]
>> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" mailto:[email protected]
>> Cc: "Chuck McCown" mailto:[email protected]
>> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2021 1:06:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] C band 5G vs Radar Altimeters
>> 
>> Lots of old planes in the world.  Lots of old front end filters too.  And 
>> the system chirps the band to get a more sure return so it needs the 
>> bandwidth.  It was designed to be robust, not to be spectrum efficient.  
>> Probably came out of WW2.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Dec 12, 2021, at 11:45 AM, Mike Hammett mailto:[email protected] wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> If radio altimeters have 200 MHz (which seems excessive), it seems equally 
>> excessive to be complaining about noise from 200 MHz away.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----
>> Mike Hammett
>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>> 
>> Midwest Internet Exchange
>> 
>> The Brothers WISP
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: "Tim Hardy" mailto:[email protected]
>> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" mailto:[email protected]
>> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2021 9:50:44 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] C band 5G vs Radar Altimeters
>> 
>> Deja Vu all over again. Very similar to the OBE / adjacent channel concerns 
>> voiced in the 6 GHz unlicensed proceeding. The FCC’s total lack of 
>> understanding of receiver filtering in even current devices is astounding 
>> and its fairly clear that money / politics beats physics everyday.
>> 
>> On Dec 11, 2021, at 3:59 PM, Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
>>  
>> I understand the issue now:
>> https://youtu.be/942KXXmMJdY
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