{"id":10241,"date":"2024-01-22T16:09:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T23:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=10241"},"modified":"2023-12-22T16:17:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T23:17:01","slug":"off-the-shelf-electronic-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=10241","title":{"rendered":"Off-the-shelf electronic warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LoRa\">LoRa <\/a>(Long Range) radio uses little power and can communicate at up to three miles in urban areas and five miles or more in the open. Many drone operators now use a repeater, carried on another drone, to extend the reach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"591\" data-attachment-id=\"10242\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=10242\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/12\/image-23.png?fit=1041%2C962&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1041,962\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-23\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/12\/image-23.png?fit=640%2C591&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/12\/image-23.png?resize=640%2C591&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/12\/image-23.png?resize=1024%2C946&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/12\/image-23.png?resize=300%2C277&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/12\/image-23.png?resize=768%2C710&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/12\/image-23.png?resize=292%2C270&amp;ssl=1 292w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/12\/image-23.png?w=1041&amp;ssl=1 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>First-person view\u00a0(FPV) drones are quickly becoming a key weapon in the Ukraine conflict. There is rapidly developing drone warfare involving thousands of drones every month. Both Russia and Ukraine have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2023\/11\/29\/the-russians-are-bolting-diy-drone-jammers-onto-their-vehicles-the-ukrainians-are-blowing-them-up--with-drones\/\">fielded jammers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ukraine-slinger-drone-killer-gun-aims-cheaply-shoot-down-russia-2023-10?r=US&amp;IR=T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drone guns<\/a>\u00a0firing radio waves to knock out drone communications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently a Russian group claims to have developed a \u2018magic radio\u2019 for FPVs which is highly resistant to jamming. A physicist with the handle\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielR33187703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DanielR<\/a>\u00a0evaluated the device minutely in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielR33187703\/status\/1736895581799551403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">detailed Twitter thread<\/a>. While the technology is not astounding, what is interesting is that the device uses cheap, off-the-shelf components.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First-person view\u00a0(FPV) drones are quickly becoming a key weapon in the Ukraine conflict. There is rapidly developing drone warfare involving thousands of drones every month. Both Russia and Ukraine have\u00a0fielded jammers\u00a0and\u00a0drone guns\u00a0firing radio waves to knock out drone communications. Most recently a Russian group claims to have developed a \u2018magic radio\u2019 for FPVs which is highly resistant to jamming. A physicist with the handle\u00a0DanielR\u00a0evaluated the device minutely in a\u00a0detailed Twitter thread. 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