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jacquesmyesterday at 9:03 PM1 replyview on HN

L5 is considered to be more jam resistant, but it is still in the process of being rolled out and most receivers do not have that capability. It will take the better part of a decade to be rolled out completely but the space side should be done by 2027 so if you need it you can get it but you'll need a completely new receiver.

https://insidegnss.com/onenav-l5-direct-technology-enables-d...

For obvious reasons hard information about all this is tricky to come by, you can read what is available from non-classified sources though and you can glean quite a bit from there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_signals#L5

The third edition of 'Kaplan' is still excellent reading on the subject even though it is 10 years old now.


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toomuchtodoyesterday at 9:35 PM

> L5-band signals are 30x harder to jam and interfere with compared to L1, and they offer superior performance in difficult-to-navigate areas such as urban canyons and tree-covered regions.

Impressive performance.