Light Squared may have hit a brick wall

[Frank Gentges]

Well, well.  Light Squared tried to solve an engineering problem with 
political skills.  Sometimes this works but then not always.

It seems General (That is four stars) Shelton, Commander of US Air Force 
Space Command was up talking with some folks in congress and was asked 
about Light Squared.  Keep in mind that US Air Force Space Command 
operates and is in charge of GPS.  If you are in congress and want to 
know something about GPS, this is the person to go to for answers.

He had a presentation that warned of the dangers of the Light Squared 
project to GPS integrity.  I, among many of you wondered when someone in 
a position of authority, would drop the boom on this project.  General 
Shelton stepped up and did it.

The FCC may have caved but this General has a strong backbone and did 
not cave in with a bunch of weak kneed stuff.  I think the use of the 
proposed frequencies near GPS is not going to pass muster.  Light 
Squared had better seek other frequencies while they are still able to 
fix their design or shut down their company.

See http://tinyurl.com/3remozf

Frank K0BRA