[aprssig] GPS Jamming On The Rise

[Greg D.]

Yeah, quite an eye-opener for me.  It would seem to me that this is an untapped opportunity for the Ham community to freshen up our T-hunting skills, and be ready for the day when these things become more than just a nuisance.  The trick is, how would you practice this legally?  We can't exactly deploy one of these in the woods somewhere without violating the law ourselves...

Greg  KO6TH


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> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:19:27 -0700
> From: wa8lmf2 at aol.com
> To: aprssig at lists.tapr.org
> Subject: [aprssig] GPS Jamming On The Rise
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> Your APRS tracker could be getting trashed by the car next to you!
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> Linked from a post on Slashdot today at:
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> , this news story
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> While most of the post deals with military applications/threats, I 
> thought this reference to domestic use of jammers was interesting:
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> "Meanwhile, several Internet sites offer small, localized GPS jammers 
> for sale in the U.S. domestic market. These include a "GPS Blocker" with 
> an advertised 10-meter to 20-meter range for roughly $200. "Just plug 
> into a standard cigarette lighter with 12 V for power," says the web 
> page, "and it will automatically protect you from any GPS tracking on 
> and within your vehicle. This is a popular item with sales personnel and 
> delivery drivers, who wish to take lunch or make a personal stop outside 
> of their territory or route."
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