Truck driver has GPS jammer, accidentally jams Newark airport

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57597971-71/truck-driver-has-gps-jammer-accidentally-jams-newark-airport/

by Andome • 13 years ago

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gohrt• 13 years ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6123535 GPS signals are surprisingly easy to disrupt (economist.com) 208 points by douglasfshearer 13 days ago | comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4122654 Illegal GPS Jammers Are Widespread, Study Finds (techweekeurope.co.uk) 65 points by baha_man 421 days ago | 52 comments

yuhong• 13 years ago

Looks like the company was Tilcon.

wil421• 13 years ago

And this is why GPS and cell phone jammers are illegal...

cnvogel• 13 years ago

I'd call it “accidental” when, for example, a selfmade TV antenna with amplifier starts to oscillate and thereby blocks GPS reception in a harbor:

http://gpsworld.com/the-hunt-rfi/

But the jamming device owned by the grossly negligent truck driver performed even better than designed (if one would call these brute-force wideband jammers “designed.”). And the fine imposed on the guy for operating those deliberately is well earned.

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Truck driver has GPS jammer, accidentally jams Newark airport

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