The question is purely academic, so there is no need to discuss the legality of the matter. :)

The drone is probably an advanced model, judging from the high altitudes it was hovering at the other day.

Would I need to know the exact make and model of the drone in order to know what band and exact channels its radio uses?

Followup question 0: would it be possible to make the jamming signal something legible, such as a song, for trolling reasons? Or does the signal have to be of a certain periodic kind? A certain sine wave?

Followup question 1: is the signal encrypted between the controller and the drone? If it is, I suppose there is no way to hijack the drone. Is it still possible to create noise that the drones receiver must pick up?

Followup question 2: if there was an old, unused 20 meter tall TV antenna within a 500 meter radius of said drone, would hooking my transmitter up to it help amplify the jamming signal? Or would the power requirements be ridiculously large in such an antenna, with all the added resistance? I never knew the technical specs of those.

  • slazer2auEnglish
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    1 day ago

    academically you would need to know the band, have equipment that also works on that band and have enough power to overwhelm the existing signal. Say it uses satellite and it receiving at -70db, you would need a signal greater then -70, say -75 or -60.

    • printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Thanks! Do you know whether consumer grade drones use a generic, standardized band or do I need to know the manufacturer and model of the specific drone?

      Is there a correlation between the output signal strength and the power needed?