That's not true. I work in aviation and we've had a number of reports of radar altimeter interference during takeoff and landing near airports with the new 5G towers. Older aircraft are particularly effected.
Can you share these reports? How does interference exhibit itself?
It seems there a disagreement on factual truth which as another commenter pointed out could be resolved by say a YouTube video showing "here's a radar altimeter malfunctioning near a 5G antennae"
Also your comment seems inconsistent with the fact that the telcos delayed deployment of 5G towers near airports due to concerns about interference during takeoff and landing. So how can there be reports of interference from 5G tower if they haven't even been deployed there (edit: are these international reports)?
(I work on radar, this all feels like lawyers lawyering and techies blogging, but not engineers engineering)
I've also heard these reports from a couple of friends who are commercial pilots. At least one of them filed an ASAP safety report, but I don't know of any way for the public to query that database.
I don't know of any commercial pilot who is going to jeopardize their job and their certificate by filming a YouTube video while landing. There is literally no incentive for them to do so - there's formal channels to report these things (like ASAP, see above).
Also, while turning on the 5G towers near airports was temporarily delayed, it was only a short delay (two weeks). Those towers have already been turned on.
amirhirsch|4 years ago
It seems there a disagreement on factual truth which as another commenter pointed out could be resolved by say a YouTube video showing "here's a radar altimeter malfunctioning near a 5G antennae"
Also your comment seems inconsistent with the fact that the telcos delayed deployment of 5G towers near airports due to concerns about interference during takeoff and landing. So how can there be reports of interference from 5G tower if they haven't even been deployed there (edit: are these international reports)?
(I work on radar, this all feels like lawyers lawyering and techies blogging, but not engineers engineering)
tjohns|4 years ago
I don't know of any commercial pilot who is going to jeopardize their job and their certificate by filming a YouTube video while landing. There is literally no incentive for them to do so - there's formal channels to report these things (like ASAP, see above).
Also, while turning on the 5G towers near airports was temporarily delayed, it was only a short delay (two weeks). Those towers have already been turned on.