Re: US Warships jamming Lebanon Internet

[Steven Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu>]

On Feb 12, 2011, at 4:05 41PM, denys () visp net lb wrote:

> On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:53:14 -0600, Jack Bates wrote:
> > On 2/8/2011 7:41 AM, Denys Fedoryshchenko wrote:
> > > It is PLL LNB, one carrier, we are using full transponder 36 Mhz. There is
> > > almost no other users on this satellite (inclined more than 1.5 degree), and
> > > other carriers center frequency 100Mhz away.
> >
> > Since no one else will, "I blame solar flares!"
> >
> >
> > Jack
>
> I am monitoring solar activity, getting info from NOAA. No correlation.
Your suspicion may be accurate and accidental.  I rented a car in San Diego the other day -- there was a sign warning 
that the key fob might not work within 5 miles of the port -- San Diego has a major Navy base -- because of 
interference from shipboard electronics.

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb