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  • Why Jam?

      It might be a bit mystifying to some as to why someone might want to jam a GPS signal. However, there are those with a particular need for privacy, be it to massage their paranoia, keep law enforcement from engaging in warrantless car tracking, take an unauthorized lunchbreak with a GPS enabled co...
  • Who spoofs GPS, and why?

      GPS and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) circle the earth in medium earth orbit, which is around 12,550 miles above the ground – the equivalent of almost five trips from San Francisco to New York. Since those satellite signals are transmitted across such a great distance, the...
  • Mitigate jammer interference and jammer spoofing

      GPS jammers can also disrupt many communication systems, including the Tetra Airwave system used by emergency services. It transfers only one thousandth of the phone's charge. Jammers are readily available from Internet sources and cost only a few dozen pounds. Their impact on GPS-based security s...
  • Detect and Locate GPS Jammers using radar gun

      The most infamous GPS jamming event in history of GPS has to be the San Diego Airport disruption. A Single event brought the flight control room in the San Diego airport to its feet, wondering and panicking to as to what was really going on. ATM machines refused customers , the Harbor traffic mana...
  • How Common is GPS Jamming?

      In 2013, the Federal Communications Commission fined a person almost $32k for using a device intended to evade the fleet management tracking system on his company vehicle. The device in question: a jammer gps.   Eventually, with help from the FCC and with specialized equipment, they were finally ...