[Milsurplus] "More FCC Foolishness"

[J. Forster]

They go back to WW II.

The point I was making is that it's unlikely, IMO, that the FCC or anybody
could track a short, intermittant transmiter down to a specific location,
just sitting in an office somewhere, unless they were very determined and
you'd really pissed somebody off.

The exception is cell phones, where there are enough towers to allow
pretty accurate hyperbolic position location.

FWIW,

-John

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> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 05:46:11PM -0700, J. Forster wrote:
>> Even with the best DF gear, you only get a rough position. It eventually
>> comes down to sending out field personnel.
>>
>> If the signal is intermittant and goes on and off randomly, it's a lot
>> of
>> effort to find it.
>>
>> Take a look at the pics of "elephant cages" some time.
>
> 	Not that I disagree, but I assume you know that the Elephant
> cages were built (primarily) to locate very intermittant and "random"
> signals from Russian nuclear submarines... which transmitted messages
> via very short bursts of RF on HF radio frequencies...
>
>
>
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> 02493
> "An empty zombie mind with a forlorn barely readable weatherbeaten
> 'For Rent' sign still vainly flapping outside on the weed encrusted pole -
> in
> celebration of what could have been, but wasn't and is not to be now
> either."
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