5G Networks Will Likely Interfere With US Weather Satellites

[Pigeon]

5G Networks Will Likely Interfere With US Weather Satellites, Navy Warns

The internal Navy memo on the topic, written on March 27 by U.S. Naval Observatory Superintendent Marc Eckardt, was made public by Wyden and Cantwell today. The Navy memo cited NOAA and NASA studies on interference from 24GHz spectrum, which is intended for mobile use and is adjacent to spectrum used for weather operations. "[A]s such, it is expected that interference will result in a partial-to-complete loss of remotely sensed water-vapor measurements," the Navy memo said. "It is also expected that impacts will be concentrated in urban areas of the United States first."

Sorry. Can't stand in the way of a corporation making money.

[Royal]

I'm sure everyone will make adjustments.

[Pigeon]

Can't do anything about the weather anyway, right.

[Royal]

I thought you were able to program the weather through C wizardry.

[Pigeon]

A couple of pranksters jumped in so the API got changed. Still unreleased as of today.

[Royal]

We can’t move away from 23.8 or we would,” Gerth told WIRED. “As far as 5G is concerned, the administration has a priority to put 5G on the spectrum, and they thought this was an OK place to do it. It's just close to where we are sensing the weather.” Gerth says that wireless carriers could turn down the power emitted by 5G cellphone transmitters so they don’t drown out the sensitive sensors on the satellite. NOAA and NASA want to limit the interference noise to a level closer to what is considered acceptable by the European Union and World Meteorological Organization.

NOAA’s Jacobs told the House committee that the number currently proposed by the FCC would result in a 77 percent data loss from the NOAA satellite’s passive microwave sounders. He also said that experts from the two agencies are trying to work out a compromise. “I'm optimistic we can come up with an elegant solution,” he told lawmakers Thursday.

In the meantime, Gerth says this issue probably won’t go away anytime soon. The FCC plans future 5G auctions for the radio frequency bands near ones used to detect rain and snow (36–37 GHz), atmospheric temperature (50.2–50.4 GHz), and clouds and ice (80–90 GHz). “This is not one and done,” Gerth added. “Today it's 23.8, tomorrow it's 36.”

The state department is negotiating with other nations over the interference level, which will be settled at a world radio conference in October. The FCC's 5G auction has reaped nearly $2 billion from both small and large wireless providers and is still underway.


https://www.wired.com/story/5g-networks ... nto-chaos/

[Pigeon]

Looks like the weather data is screwed. No way greed loses. Despite the governments lack of planning, companies are not going to willing change. Too late, so sorry.

[Royal]

This is your brain on 5G:




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