REFLECTOR: Again GPS Jamming/Spoofing

[Mark Magee]

Hi Don,
I hope you're right. There was no dramatic music when I lost GPS signal and NAV for 45 mins. Being a good 35 NM east of ELP when I regained signal runs counter to a short range nature of jamming/spoofing/messing with the GPS signal. I had to have been over 100NM from White Sands at that point. I'd be curious to know how many folks in GA and Commercial Aviation world wide on a daily, weekly, monthly basis have had to alter in some way their flight plans due to a loss of GPS signal for any reason. And what is the trend over time? That would be useful data.

Mark B. Magee
N34XL
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On Dec 6, 2012, at 5:45 PM, Don Johnston <numa at comcast.net> wrote:

> I remember reading about this when it was published... My first thought was that it was part of some reality TV series. You know, they take a non-event and play some dramatic music and then announce many people will die and mutant babies will be born because of this.
> 
> Here's my read on it: 
> 
> 1) The jammer (or spoofer) has to be close enough to over power the actual GPS signal.
> 2) It has to stay close enough during the flight to continue to over-power the GPS signal.
> 3) They will need to know what the intended path of the subject aircraft is.
> 4) The jammer has to send signals that will make the subject aircraft think it is on path while in reality it is being sent elsewhere.
> 
> Yeah, I'm not worried. 
> 
> -Don
> 
> From: Mark Magee <edjonesbrady at gmail.com>
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 15:45:43 -0600
> Subject: REFLECTOR: Again GPS Jamming/Spoofing
> All, 
> Sorry, my last post for a while on this topic. If you didn't Google GPS Jamming and find this article, read this article:
> 
> http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/drone-hijacking/all/
> 
> 
> Mark B. Magee
> N34XL
> Brady TX
> 
> GPS Jamming Crusader....
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