[64482] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NOAA warning for rf communications
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Snyder)
Fri Oct 24 13:28:17 2003
From: Bob Snyder <rsnyder@toontown.erial.nj.us>
To: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3F98B6FC.9475B7B@centergate.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:27:23 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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
