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Will strong neodymium magnets fuck with reception on a GPS tracker?
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Will strong neodymium magnets fuck with reception on a GPS tracker?

Wanting to make a DIY magnetic case, because fuck spending $30 for a mass-produced one and I don't trust how strong the magnets will be.
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>>54467698
OP is under house arrest, isn't he? And wants to fool/disable the tracker thing.
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>>54469054
Lol, no. Trying to track a vehicle on a budget.
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>>54467698
Trying to catch your Gf cucking you, ahhh smart move OP
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they shouldn't, all it is is a really fancy clock
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>>54467698
youd have more trouble getting reliable sat comms if the receiver is under a ton of steel
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>>54469054
If they can't track him then they'll look
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>>54469457
this
you can easily block GPS signals with sheet metal, or anything that absorbs RF like wood
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>>54467698
some GPS have a built-in magnetometric compass for reference when signal is bad

however even if it were completely overwhelmed, the GPS itself would not be affected, as it doesn't use magnets. A GPS is a clock and a radio.
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>>54469482
wait a sec, wood absorbs RF waves?
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>>54470468
trees get in the way of antennas
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>>54469457
>>54469482
He's specifically trying to not block the signals
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>>54470468
Yup, that's why your mom has such a hard time finding her way back home through GPS

>sorry had to
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>>54470487
well it's helpful to know what blocks the signals
magnets don't though, unless they're crazy 50 tesla electromagnets that could rip traces out of pcb's
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>>54467698
If you're able to have it rotate fast enough, you just might.
Like in the GHz frequency fast.
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