It seems like quite the opposite, no? They're preventing people from registering stolen drones. And if the drone isn't stolen, the seller shouldn't have any trouble unlocking it.
The Amateur Radio HF Bands were almost dead yesterday.
I heard a handful of stations and could not contact any of them. The impact was severe on HF. Up there in the higher frequencies of the Drone world. Not so much.
Keep on yanking and banking.
Was expecting big KPs this evening, so popped up to the top field just now to repeat the test above.
This time I went to a bigger, more open field than my back garden, and indeed GPS results were correspondingly better.
This time we found 20...
There's definitely a high level of solar activity as shown by this Aurora activity app.
... and confirmed by the Aurora I saw a short time ago.
But this activity didn't seem to make any difference to GPS reception, satellite acquisition time...
Glad you tried the acid test and thanks for sharing your first hand observations. Anyone who has operated radios will tell you solar activity affects any transmitted RF signal whatever the wavelength. This 'event' also features a CME which is...