Re: Will GPS ever really replace ADF/DME?

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Subject:	Re: Will GPS ever really replace ADF/DME?
From:	Bob Noel
Date:	Thu Oct 10 18:38:50 2002

In article <3DA2709F.2C90FF20@inreach.com>, Scott Moore
wrote:

> - GPS is subject to jamming.
>
> As all the services, VOR, ADF and Loran. In fact, it is probally a
> simpler
> matter to jam any of those services than GPS, which at least has complex
> encoding.

encoding doesnt help when the signal is so weak to begin with.

so, its not at all a myth to say that GPS is subject to jamming.

>
> - A terrorist could "take out" GPS.
>
> As they could take out any other service.

correct.

>GPS is no more suceptable to
> jamming
> as any other service, and probally less.

incorrect.

--
Bob Noel

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