Perhaps some of the cellular bands aren't affected, perhaps some are. I don't know the specific cause of yesterday's loss.. GPS uses around 1200/1500 MHz. The phone in question uses 850/1900 Mhz bands, so I think we're in the neighborhood.
Joe Gray W5JG On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Alan Melia <[email protected]> wrote: > Joe, Cellphone frequencies are little affected by ionospheric effects, so I > would be surprised if that was an effect though GPS is a different matter, > or sat-phone. > > Alan > G3NYK > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Gray" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:40 AM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert > > > >> I read about it yesterday. I suspect that we may already be seeing >> some radio interference. At work this afternoon, my cell phone lost >> signal entirely a few times. Although I don't get a great signal at >> work, it has never lost signal completely before. >> >> Joe Gray >> W5JG >> >> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Mark Sims <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> There was a blurb on the news tonight about a big honkin' solar flare >>> that is due to arrive around 6:00 AM tomorrow morning. It's supposed to be >>> strong enough to produce auroras visible as far south as the Gulf of Mexico >>> and to mess up GPS... >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
