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Truck driver has GPS jammer, accidentally jams Newark airport (cnet.com)
9 points by Andome on Aug 12, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



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.

{edit: spelling, wording}


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


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


Looks like the company was Tilcon.




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