Satellite telecommunications industry officials have long said improved customer training would greatly reduce incidental radio frequency interference, but experts at a panel discussion here June 17 singled out one group in particular as needing more instruction: the U.S. government, and more specifically, the military. According to these experts, U.S. troop rotations in Iraq and Afghanistan have corresponded with spikes in incidents of satellite interference in recent years. The spikes occurred because the fresh troops were not properly trained in the installation and use of satellite telecommunications equipment, the panelists said.
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