GPS jamming pocket devices used to block vehicle tracking

Thief gangs in the UK and Germany have begun to actively use GPS jammers to steal expensive cars and trucks with valuable loads. GPS jammers, small pocket-sized GPS devices operating on the same frequency as GPS satellites, allow criminals to confound car GPS tracking units by drowning out timing signals. In this case a in-vehicle tracking chip is unable to determine its current location and  can not report any position data to vehicle tracking centrals.

GPS jammers don’t need to put out strong interfering signals, as the the GPS satellites signals are extremely weak themselves. A thief only needs a jammer that can output of about 2 watts signal to “kill” any signal from the GPS satellites in area of a few meters.

What is a GPS jammer?

GPS jammer is an illegal device that is designed to block GPS signals from GPS satellites. GPS jammers are used to jam GPS navigation, data logging and tracking systems. GPS jammers could be used for vehicle, load, shipment, person, or every asset concerned.

Could GPS jamming be a new tech danger?

There are many fears that terrorists, too, could use GPS jammers in more powerful versions to disrupt air traffic, functionality of emergency networks and power stations.  A UK consortium is currently building the first GPS-jamming detection system, that is already tested in prototype stages and will be soon used at airports and other objects that rely on GPS satellites.

The Bangalore (South India) based GPS tracking service provider, Elanor Tracking, has come with free GPS device option for its individual and corporate customers. Customers using Elanor Tracking’s car tracking services do not have to invest in tracking devices or buy any software as they get the whole needed package free of cost, and only have to can sign up with Elanor Tracking’s  vehicle tracking services paying the monthly rental fees.

Elanor Tracking announces that this step is intended to allow customers to cut the cost of GPS tracking. The new service  from Elanor brings down the cost of GPS tracking especially in South India and is expected to become very popular among corporate customers which are very interested in cost-effective vehicle tracking solutions.

Vehicle tracking services,for both private and commercial spheres, as well as Fleet management services from Elanor Tracking is already used by a large number of individual and corporate clients of all sizes and also by many governmental organizations.