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They do this all of the time. I subscribed to the FAA alerts a couple of years ago after learning that the GPS interference tests were one of various causes of
by matheweis 9y ago
They do this all of the time.
I subscribed to the FAA alerts a couple of years ago after learning that the GPS interference tests were one of various causes of so-called “flyaways” (unexpectedly losing control of a GPS guided drone).
Anyway, since then I’ve gotten an alert about these tests almost every month or so for the last couple of years.
Not sure why a big deal is being made about this particular one...
- briandear 9y agoGetting NOTAMs is fun — a ton of interesting things happening all over the US at any given moment.
- atm0sphere 9y agohow do you get them?
- gbacon 9y agohttps://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWeb/ https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWeb/ https://www.notams.faa.gov/dinsQueryWeb/ https://www.notams.faa.gov/dinsQueryWeb/
- otp124 9y agoWhere can I subscribe to this? I've had a drone fly away once..
- gbacon 9y agoCheck the Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) for nearby airports before you go flying. https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWeb/ https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWeb/ https://www.notams.faa.gov/dinsQueryWeb/ https://www.notams.faa.gov/dinsQueryWeb/
- matheweis 9y agoCreate an account on https://www.faasafety.gov/ https://www.faasafety.gov/, and then set up your subscriptions from there.
- 0xfaded 9y agoAs I understand it the military wants to prevent the FAA from decommissioning radio NavAids and secondary radar. The FAA had counted on $100 billion from the decommissioning after the introduction of ADS-B. Jamming GPS signals forces aircraft to rely on the old systems, so it has become part of a politics game.
- criley2 9y agoInteresting. I was under the impression that GPS was made available to Civilians by Reagan after the Soviets shot down a South Korean plane that strayed into Soviet airspace. Their tools and training were ineffective at guidance and they got shot down. Reagan made GPS open to international civilian use because there was literally no other tool that could accurately help planes not get murdered by the Russians, etc. But now you're suggesting that the older tools were effective enough and should remain in place 30 years after civilian GPS?
- rahkiin 9y agoOn top of that: isn't the solution for USAF to stop jamming a widely civilian used protocol? Forcing others to keep using old tools and not realy on newer and better tools just so they can jam it at will seems counterintuitive
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- gbacon 9y agoThe Air Force is jamming GPS. What if an adversary did?
- marcosdumay 9y agoCivilian equipment is often not prepared for dealing with an unexpected war. I don't think this is a problem to be solved.