Notams where issued earlier this week for this. It really isn't an Elecraft issue. :)
Mike va3mw On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 6:01 PM, Wes Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > How times have changed. Back in 1997, when I was working as a contractor > for my old company, Hughes Missile Systems (now Raytheon), I worked on > implementing some jamming tests on the Tomahawk missile GPS. FWIW, we put > the missile section on a wooden pedestal covered in RF absorber on top of > the rotating plate (also covered in absorber cones) under "The Arc" as seen > here: > http://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/test-facility-at-ft-huachuca-assures-working-communications-equipment-for-soldiers > > Just for giggles, I climbed (took the stairs) "The Red Tower", the top of > which would contain a good sized ham shack. The tower is completely wooden > and held together by fiberglass bolts. The "dish" that is behind the guy > being interviewed is actually a shaped reflector that in combination with a > horn located below ground level forms a folded "compact" range, for those > who understand such things. The leaning airfoil shaped tower holds the test > subject at the plane-wave focal point of the reflector. An M1 Abrams tank > can be supported and rotated on top of this tower. > > We had to do our testing in the wee hours of the morning, with secure > communications links to range people who could tell us to shut down at a > moments notice and our jammers were on a, few minutes on-lots of minutes > off schedule. > > Wes N7WS > > > On 6/10/2016 1:03 PM, Fred Townsend wrote: > >> This Is Likely Why The Navy Is Causing A Massive And Mysterious GPS Outage >> In The Western US - The Drive >> >> >> http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3865/this-is-likely-why-the-navy-is-cau >> sing-a-massive-and-mysterious-gps-outage-in-the-western-us >> >> Fred, AE6QL >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
