I love these engineering "hacks". Similarly, a friend of mine wrote a paper on how to use the GPS signal as radar source (so you only need a receiver) [0].
[0] https://udrc.eng.ed.ac.uk/sites/udrc.eng.ed.ac.uk/files/atta...
That's black-magic there. Direct reception of GPS is challenging enough with how little power reaches ground level.
That's black-magic there. Direct reception of GPS is challenging enough with how little power reaches ground level.