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Fly Rod · 08-14-2011, 10:39 AM

You may want to wait before spending a couple of thousand dollars on up grading or buying a new GPS. A private company has made a proposal to the federal Communication Commission to use radio frequency bandwidth right next to the existing GPS radio bandwidth.

At issue is an unusual conditional waiver granted by the Federal Communication Commission to a broadband wireless communication provider. The company Lightsquared has proposed to build 40,000 high powered ground stations.

The FCC has received a report of the widespread harmful interference to the GPS system that this new bandwidth will do.

08-14-2011, 10:39 AM	#1
Fly Rod Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gloucester Massachusetts Posts: 2,678	Boaters Stand to Lose GPS You may want to wait before spending a couple of thousand dollars on up grading or buying a new GPS. A private company has made a proposal to the federal Communication Commission to use radio frequency bandwidth right next to the existing GPS radio bandwidth. At issue is an unusual conditional waiver granted by the Federal Communication Commission to a broadband wireless communication provider. The company Lightsquared has proposed to build 40,000 high powered ground stations. The FCC has received a report of the widespread harmful interference to the GPS system that this new bandwidth will do.