If a jammer interferes with your drones signal it is not taking control of it (that's a whole different ball game) and forcing it to fall out of the sky - it's merely blocking the signal. So, how does your drone respond when it loses contact with it's controller? Does it fall out of the sky? No - don't try and score points by talking rubbish. If it loses contact with the transmitter it returns to home/hovers or lands depending how you've set it up - just the same as flying out of range.
is it legal for someone to have a drone jammer.
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If a jammer interferes with your drones signal it is not taking control of it (that's a whole different ball game) and forcing it to fall out of the sky - it's merely blocking the signal. So, how does your drone respond when it loses contact with it's controller? Does it fall out of the sky? No - don't try and score points by talking rubbish. If it loses contact with the transmitter it returns to home/hovers or lands depending how you've set it up - just the same as flying out of range.
With DJI quads the jammer won't cause it to drop but not all quads work that way. Many low end quads will drop on signal loss for so many seconds. Symas for example.
Granted most of those don't have much range either.
Granted most of those don't have much range either.
In the US the FCC regulates the transmission of radio signals. DJI and other drone companies have FCC certification to transmit on specific frequencies and at specified power. You can not just start transmitting a radio signal without an FCC license. In the early days all the radio control operators had amateur radio licenses.
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This is the reason I do not like to use the term "drone", but rather quad. Drone has a very negative connotation to it.
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Quad only refers to one type of multi-rotor.
Like it or not, drone is the word society has clung to.
Like it or not, drone is the word society has clung to.
Again, thanks for all the responses guys. I will have to have a talk with him. As one guy said earlier "I can fly almost anywhere" This is not worth getting into a fight. I just try to live by the golden rule, treat others as you want to be treated. It pissed me off that someone I like would do this, but he is a private guy and they have an incredible house. They don't have another house around them for probably 150' on each side.
You may want to consider sending anonymous letters to all of the surrounding neighbors, including your friend and to yourself. State that "Our neighborhood WiFi is getting messed up and a spectrum analysis of the area shows a rouge signal is corrupting the 2.4Ghz wifi spectrum (don't use the word jamming). If anyone knows who might be illegally corrupting the airwaves, please tell them to cease doing so. Otherwise I'll be forced to ask the FCC to visit the area and find out who's device is corrupting the airwaves. This letter is anonymous because the FCC fines for corrupting the airwaves can be high, and I don't want to make enemies of my neighbors if a friend of mine gets cited. I only want my wifi to work like normal."
Maybe your rich friend will stop this practice when he reads it. Then, a few days later, go over to his house and say," I got this letter here, did you get one of these? Do you think that's your jamming device causing the problem in the area?"
Or you can choose to not bring it up and just let him stew on the content of the letter.
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If he's your friend, and it drops costing you money, then go tune him up. Make sure you hover your drone over head so we can see some good video.
Just kidding, or am I?
I'm sure I'll hear about this one.
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Have been following this thread pretty closely and reading. After some thought, I do not believe the OP's neighbor is completely in the wrong, as it is his property, but if he really does feel he needs to have a jammer/blocker for his "security", at least keep it within your own property lines. I have already been asked by a neighbor not to fly over his house, and legally, there isn't much he can do, but I don't want to invade his privacy and become the neighborhood "spying drone person". I just fly around.
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Your neighbor is lying. He doesn't have a jammer. He is probably saying this to keep you and your friends from flying over his property.
Besides that, jammers don't make your phantom drop from the sky.
Don't feed into his [EXPLETIVE REMOVED]. He probably took advantage of you saying that you lose signal around his property, so he ran with the jammer lie.
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Nope. Quad means four. So a quadcopter is a copter with four rotors. So quad. Just like a tricopter has three rotors because tri means three. Hexacopter has six rotors. Octocopter has eight etc etc.
Seriously, you need to call the FCC and report this hardware. If it will jam a drone's signal, it can also interfer with wifi, cellular, possibly emergency communications also. It would be good to know what frequencies it covers and what the ERP is.
Good luck!
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Good luck!
Jim
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Yea. A quad is one type of multi-rotor. That's what I said.
Drone is used commonly for any multi-rotor regardless of motor count.
This is a violation of FCC rules and regs. Even possession of a jammer can lead to a significant fine. They are illegal to both sell and posses. The FCC takes jamming very seriously. If he has one for the frequency range of a drone, it would interfere with wifi as well. Many other posts stating this are correct in that assertion. To jam a drone the signal would have to be very wide in bandwidth and thus not compliant to FCC rules, thus the person selling would not have a part 15 certificate. It is illegal to sell an intentional radiating device that is not part 15 compliant. There is no excuse under the law to posses a jammer.
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