Re: Do as we say, not as we do
"When I worked at a UK site that shall remain nameless (no, not in Cheltenham) we quickly learned to ensure WiFi and mobile phones were switched off before we even left the hotel in the morning to go onsite It would literally not take a minute before site security had triangulated such signals signal and came walking in."
Some photographers thought it would be a good way to get a jump on sales if they fitted their remote cameras taking photos of rocket launches at Cape Canaveral with WiFi. In journalism, often times the first person to have photos into the editor of a news service was the one that got the sale. Needless to say, there was a big stink since they had to scrub a launch and figure out where the signals were coming from. They like to have photography of the launches, but they don't want realtime images in case it shows something that shouldn't be photographed. There is also the matter of interference with range safety devices (bombs on the rocket) and sensors place by the range for monitoring. There shouldn't be an issue, but since they haven't tested it, it's a problem. Now they very specifically tell the photographers that any radio broadcasts can lead to a fine and/or jail so make sure that all Wi-Fi/BT is turned off if it's installed in the camera and don't use any external transmitting device.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
