Oh look. LightSquared have figured out how they'll get around the FCC.

[Phil]

Pardon my ignorance, but why the determination to use the same frequency band as GPS? Is it just that with those frequencies in common use, it keeps component costs down? Or that it's favourable for propagation or something? I have absolutely no knowledge of these things.

Phil M1GWZ






On 12 Dec 2011, at 12:02, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:

> 
> We already get something for free on those frequencies:  GPS.
> 
> This is an easy one to argue against.
> 
> -r
>