[time-nuts] GPS Jammer

[Bill Hawkins]

Who would want to jam GPS? Haven't heard this one:

Fishing party boat captain - knows where to find the fishing spots
after years of experience. Rotates use of the spots so as not to
over-fish them. Arrives at his spots to find fishermen who had gone
out with him and captured the GPS locations of his spots. Now tells
his customers that any GPS receivers found will be float tested by
throwing them overboard.

Bill Hawkins 


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Albertson
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 9:27 AM

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Ron Ward <n6idlron at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi: Other than a terrorist, who would want to jam GPS?

A delivery truck driver.  His boss installs a GPS tracker on the truck
and the driver wants to take a three hour lunch break.   This is a
pretty common scenario and likely the way most GPS jammers are used.
I'd call it "self jamming" where you jam your own receiver so other
people will not know where you are.