That is precisely why the questions are important. Somehow, Falcone was able to morph a low-impact satellite service into this monster with 40,000 powerful L-Band transmitters blanketing the country.
And he could not have done it without powerful help. So who and how matters, a lot. As I said, we've lost LORAN-A. If GPS becomes unusable, standards of time interval will go back to roughly WW II. WWVB may be OK if you are really patient and have a local Rb or Cs, but the days of quick and accurate setting of local standards will be over. And note, that LightSquared is liklely to put more "services" in urban areas, where many of us live. Hence the interferance will be most severe whare the most users live. -John ================== > I still can't understand how this ever got to be such a big deal, or why > it > continues to be. Even if the military weren't involved, the FCC has > always > been the 500-pound gorilla cracking down on everybody from drunken ham > operators to national networks and 2-second "wardrobe malfunctions." Why > don't the FCC and the Navy just get together and say, "screw you, > LightSquared, GPS was fundamental infrastructure before you were a gleam > in > your founders' eye, so find a way to keep your wavelengths away from ours > or > we're going to drive you so far into debt Greece will look like Warren > Buffett." That's the treatment everybody else gets, so whose golden > heinie > is so kissable here, and why? > > Brian > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 11:55 AM > To: "time-nuts" <[email protected]>; "ExTek" <[email protected]> > Subject: [time-nuts] House subcommittee Democrats Urge Finding a Way for > LightSquared and GPS Users to Co-Exist > >> http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Subcommittee_Democrats_Urge_Finding_a_Way_for_LightSquared_and_GPS_Users_to_Co_Exist_999.html >> >> -- >> Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R [email protected] www.omen.com >> Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications >> Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" >> 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 503-614-0430 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
