RE: MH370 hijackers left fake southern data trail
March 11, 2015 at 10:56 pm
(This post was last modified: March 11, 2015 at 10:57 pm by mralstoner.)
(March 11, 2015 at 10:42 pm)Chuck Wrote: The author also clearly forgot the southern track was deduced based on both the time of arrival of signals at satellite, and on the Doppler effect upon the signals received at the satellite caused by the weaving of the orbit of the satellite through the uneven gravity field of the earth. For transmitter on the northern track to create the same time of arrival and Doppler effect at satellite as a transmitter on the southern track, it would have to know in realtime the exact perturbations upon the trajectory of the receiving satellite and instantly change the transmitting frequency to mimick its effects.Jeff does mention things like wobbling satellites and the doppler effect, but that's way above my pay grade. I have no idea. Jeff was part of the Independent Group, so I don't think he'd make any fundamental mistakes. You might find the answer on his website.
He does say that different planes had different satellite comms units, each having different ways of calculating the BFO: some were fakeable, while other units were secure.
