Gosh! How did we ever fly airplanes without crashing them, before satellite navigation?
Show me a commercial pilot who would rely solely on his GPS for navigation, and I'll show you a pilot who doesn't belong in the cockpit!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael R. Owen" nlsa@nlsa.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 4:51 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Galileo interference on L band
Friends,
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Having said this, AMSAT planners should know that any amateur interference or intrusion into the GPS & Galileo "band" would be supremely foolish. All the arguments about how ham radio is great in emergencies will count for nothing the first time an aircraft crashes after losing its satellite navigation due to interference. I have been a ham for 35+ years and love the hobby dearly, but we must keep in mind that in the Big Picture, we are not very important. The FCC and its European counterparts will yank our 13cm ("L" band) allocation in a heartbeat if we interfere with GPS/Galileo.
73, W9IP
-- Michael R. Owen, W9IP