NOAA warning for rf communications

Fri Oct 24 17:27:23 UTC 2003

On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 01:22, Rodney Joffe wrote:
> I'm surprised that there has been no warning or discussion on NANOG...
> 
> There is a high likelihood that things like 802.11, licensed and
> unlicensed microwave links, and certainly satellite links will sustain
> interference over the next few days. I assume that everyone on the list
> is both aware, and prepared ;-)
> 
> Oh, perhaps an alternative to paging or cellphone notifications to
> support folks is a good idea ;-)
> 
> http://www.astrobiology.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12850
> 
> The NOAA links seem saturated... http://www.sec.noaa.gov/

Don't expect warnings like this in the future; Congress is likely to
drop the Space Environment Center's funding to 0.

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/10/03/3/

Bob