Tests Show Wireless Network Could Harm GPS Systems

A new report says that the proposed nationwide wireless broadband network could actually interfere with GPS systems. Thanks to Bill Ward for the link!

They say that sensitive satellite receivers _ designed to pick up relatively weak signals coming from space _ could be overwhelmed when LightSquared starts sending high-powered signals from as many as 40,000 transmitters on the ground. GPS signals, they say, will suffer the way a radio station can get drowned out by a stronger broadcast in a nearby channel.

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