5G signal could jam satellites that help with weather forecasting

[JacksinPA]

5G signal could jam satellites that help with weather forecasting | World news | The Guardian

New mobile system to be launched this year ‘will put lives at risk’

The introduction of 5G mobile phone networks could seriously affect weather forecasters’ ability to predict major storms.

That is the stark warning of meteorologists around the world, who say the next-generation wireless system now being rolled out across the globe is likely to disrupt the delicate satellite instruments they use to monitor changes in the atmosphere.
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Progress looks more & more like a 2-edged sword: it cuts both ways, good & bad. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[nekrodev]

I fail to see how this would ever be an issue. Contrary to the beliefs of some (many?), cell phones do not operate via satellite, typically, but off of towers built here on Earth, rarely more than several hundred feet tall. I doubt the radio waves emitted would interfere with atmospheric data from many thousands of feet up.

 

[JacksinPA]

I fail to see how this would ever be an issue. Contrary to the beliefs of some (many?), cell phones do not operate via satellite, typically, but off of towers built here on Earth, rarely more than several hundred feet tall. I doubt the radio waves emitted would interfere with atmospheric data from many thousands of feet up.

And your advanced degree in electrical engineering is from what university?

 

[nekrodev]

And your advanced degree in electrical engineering is from what university?

maybe you should ask that to the meteorologists freaking out, since they undoubtedly do not have degrees in that either. i'm just speaking very generally. i could be wrong, but this seems unlikely and stupid.

 

[JacksinPA]

maybe you should ask that to the meteorologists freaking out, since they undoubtedly do not have degrees in that either. i'm just speaking very generally. i could be wrong, but this seems unlikely and stupid.

You have to take the sum of the 5GHz radiation from thousands of cell towers & mobile devices projected out into space.

 

[nekrodev]

You have to take the sum of the 5GHz radiation from thousands of cell towers & mobile devices projected out into space.

the 5GHz band isn't even the problem, it's the ones that are over 23GHz - from the article in your op. And, even then, only select bands, not the entire spectrum.

They need to actually do some studies into this, if they feel that it's really an issue - but logically, there's virtually no reason it should be, and you could just limit those specific bands, if necessary.

 

[JacksinPA]

File this under Unintended Consequences. They are every where.

 

[nekrodev]

File this under Unintended Consequences. They are every where.

** File this under Unsubstantiated Fear-Mongering. It is everywhere.

How about we let the scientists do their science **** and actually find out whether it's an issue.

 

[nekrodev]

This article covers a bit more of the technical aspects in how they could work around this - 5G Could Interfere With Weather Satellites, Scientists Warn - as well as the most important thing:

There haven't been any formal studies looking at how precisely this interference could interfere with 23.8 GHz weather satellites.