I've been thinking about #GPS jamming and radio waves. Could jamming activity bounce off the ionosphere and impact other areas?
I somewhat expect that the frequencies in use are designed to go through the ionosphere, and so "no," but also finding bits about scintillation causing accidental errors.
Eg, https://novatel.com/tech-talk/ionospheric-scintillation/redundancy-and-resiliency-against-ionospheric-scintillation
and https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024SW004217 shows 3d errors of up to 30 meters
Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified:
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