[time-nuts] Coalition to Save GPS

[Steve Rooke]

On 13/03/2011, lists at lazygranch.com <lists at lazygranch.com> wrote:
> Corporations are people, except they get to spend unlimited secret money for
> or against politicians. Thus it is not what the government wants, but rather
> what the corporations demand.

Isn't this what is called CORRUPTION or is that just a way of
life/business over there?

Steve

> The FCC has a history of ignoring good engineering. BPL and IBOC for
> example.
>
> Well I got one form email back from one of my senators regarding
> Lightsquared, and I sent it the day it was posted on this list. No reply
> from any of the other government officials I emailed.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Palfreyman <jim77742 at gmail.com>
> Sender: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:34:29
> To: <mahlonhaunschild at cox.net>; Discussion of precise time and frequency
> measurement<time-nuts at febo.com>
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> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Coalition to Save GPS
>
>> (3) If they get their license rest assured that GPS as we know it will
>> disintegrate, along with every user of it (civilian and military).  Rest
>> assured that a LOT of effort is being spent fighting this.
>>
>>
> Are you sure about this??
>
> Imagine the day they power up their transmitters (I know it would be
> gradual, but stick with me), GPS stops working in a good portion of the
> continental USA. (40000 transmitters, 15000W each)
>
> There would be an outcry by the public with all those smartphones suddenly
> not working for location services. Not to mention cell phone towers who use
> GPS for timing (sure they can fix it - but are those phone companies going
> to be happy to spend the extra money?).
>
> And what about the military - they'll have something to say - after all it
> was they who wanted GPS to orginally to guide their missiles.
>
> So the outcry would be huge, the new transmitters are shut down so the GPS
> is restored - and then the lawsuits begin.
>
> I'm not in America, but are you telling me the government would prefer this
> new broadband service in exchange for GPS and (more importantly) everything
> that runs off it?
>
> Whatever happens, I'm going to sit back here and enjoy the show!
>
> Jim
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Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
- Einstein