blanketing

blanketing

[′blaŋ·kəd·iŋ]

(communications)

Interference due to a nearby transmitter whose signals are so strong that they override other signals over a wide band of frequencies.

(mining engineering)

The material caught on the blankets that are used in concentrating gold-bearing sands or slimes.

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blanketing

The jammer is blanketing the radar by deception jamming, resulting in false targets appearing on the plan position indicator (PPI).

The suppression, distortion, or gross interference of a desired signal from reception by the presence of an overriding stronger and undesired signal.

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