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BeachBaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 08:55 AM
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Question for all the techies - regarding cell phone signals.
I live in a very heavily militarized area. I have Dover AFB, what's left of Willow Grove AFB, and McGuire AFB, as well as Fort Dix - so it's very common to see the various military aircraft running drills in the skies. In the late evening hours is when I will hear the stealths doing their thing. I rarely see them - I just hear them, and also feel the house rumble a bit.

Here's my question: More often than not, when the fighters/stealths are within earshot/eyeshot, or the house starts to shake, I lose my cellphone signal. Can anyone explain to me why this is happening?
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 08:59 AM
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1. Those aren't stealth craft - they're space aliens
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 09:09 AM
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2. Are the two mutually exclusive?
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Pharlo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 10:51 AM
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3. I am in no way, shape, or manner a techie, but isn't one of the
'stealth' properties of the aircraft a radar interference signal (not strong enough to actually jam the signal and leave a 'hole' in the radar coverage, but low enough to interfere and make the plane 'blend' into background 'noise')? I would think this could interfere with cell phone signals. I don't know what the distance for interference would be, but I strongly suspect this could be a factor.
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