[Scan-DC] Got me thinking

[Jeff Krauss]

Jamming is very illegal.

At 05:54 PM 10/27/2014, Greg Danes wrote:
>That in itself says something. Anyway I just read an article in the
>Mt.Vernon Gazette Newspaper dated Oct. 23rd under the banner "Drone crashes
>in Waynewood". The gist of it was someone was flying a quad copter that
>lost control, hit a nearby house and caused the owner and his wife to call
>911. First the person flying this thing should have had more sense. Second,
>it got me to thinking what frequencies these drones operate on both
>transmit and receive. Could a part 15 device be made and marketed that
>would cancel out any drone activity near your house based on jamming or
>other-wise defeating the radio signal from a distance without interfering
>with other things?
>
>I think RC gear is great and if flown or driven at a large park area by
>those knowing how to handle things, also fun. But the privacy issues, and
>dangers of these things flying into your kids face while he/she plays in
>the backyard really bother me. Any comments?
>
>KJ4DGE
>
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