Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 6/20/2010 12:28 PM, you wrote: >Thar she blows! Your'e right. > >But why would they run doppler weather radar on a drill ship? Who knows? Even stranger, why run it when docked for repairs far from a drill site? But it's possible that it's there for safety, to see if there's bad weather appr

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-20 Thread Greg Ihnen
Thar she blows! Your'e right. But why would they run doppler weather radar on a drill ship? Greg On Jun 20, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Fred Goldstein wrote: > At 6/20/2010 07:36 AM, Greg Ithen wrote: >> A quick googling of "900mhz maritime radar" turned up nothing. A >> googling of "900mhz radar" turn

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 6/20/2010 07:36 AM, Greg Ithen wrote: >A quick googling of "900mhz maritime radar" turned up nothing. A >googling of "900mhz radar" turned up a few devices for "ground >penetrating radar" (finding public utilities pipes and cables under pavement). You need to look for "915 MHz", which is the

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-20 Thread Greg Ihnen
A quick googling of "900mhz maritime radar" turned up nothing. A googling of "900mhz radar" turned up a few devices for "ground penetrating radar" (finding public utilities pipes and cables under pavement). Wouldn't these drilling rigs be using sub-centimeter GPS for on station positioning rath

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-19 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 6/19/2010 08:14 AM, you wrote: >We've got a 700' drilling ship moored about a mile off our coast for a >few days for repairs. > >http://www.stena-drilling.com/sub.asp?m=drilling&p=stenaforth > >Since it came in, 900mhz within a couple miles of it has stopped >working. We went out with the spectr

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-19 Thread Greg Ihnen
ld they call the harbor master and ask him to > contact the Capt or 1st officer. > > > -Original Message- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Greg Ihnen > Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 4:36 PM > To: WISPA General List

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-19 Thread Chuck Profito
ispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 4:36 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] interference from ships That's funny. That article claims that "Below 900 MHz the target radar cross section increases exponentially, however the

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-19 Thread Greg Ihnen
w-frequency_radar are our friends... > > -Original Message- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Eje Gustafsson > Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 12:01 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: Re: [WISPA] interference

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-19 Thread Chuck Profito
WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] interference from ships Possible but don't quit believe so since 900MHz GSM uses 890-914Mhz for uplink (cell to base station), and 921-960Mhz for download (basestation to cell). That strong signal wouldn't come from cells and the basestation wou

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-19 Thread Greg Ihnen
rday, June 19, 2010 12:01 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: Re: [WISPA] interference from ships > > Possible but don't quit believe so since 900MHz GSM uses 890-914Mhz for > uplink (cell to base station), and 921-960Mhz for download (basestation to > cell). Th

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-19 Thread Chuck Profito
CAN THAT BE SOME FORM OF RADAR? -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Eje Gustafsson Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 12:01 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] interference from ships Possible but don'

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-19 Thread Eje Gustafsson
mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 1:23 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] interference from ships "Plug the damn hole!" - lol! Sorry, I couldnt help it :) Since it's a UK ship, I wonder if this has anything to do with it? http:/

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-19 Thread RickG
"Plug the damn hole!" - lol! Sorry, I couldnt help it :) Since it's a UK ship, I wonder if this has anything to do with it? http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/telecoms/mobile-ships.01/ On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 8:14 AM, jp wrote: > We've got a 700' drilling ship moored about a mile off our coast for

[WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-19 Thread jp
We've got a 700' drilling ship moored about a mile off our coast for a few days for repairs. http://www.stena-drilling.com/sub.asp?m=drilling&p=stenaforth Since it came in, 900mhz within a couple miles of it has stopped working. We went out with the spectrum analyser after the Alvarion softwar