by Adam Banks
A satellite launched by the US military has gone rogue and is causing interference to radio hams across Europe.
The US Navy’s PCSat NO-44, which is only supposed to transmit over the US, is now drowning out European amateurs and the USN doesn’t know what to do about it.
Former head of information security at BT and keen radio ham John Regnault got in touch with The Register to explain the problem.
Licensed as an amateur satellite in the Amateur Satellite Service, PCSat was launched 30 September 2001 from the Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska aboard Athena I…..
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