T&T: GPS Update Rates

[Peter Bennett]

Thursday, October 18, 2007, 5:17:29 PM, Jlarrydunn wrote:

Jwc> Time flies! The first GPS I can recall was on the Battleship New Jersey. I
Jwc> was at the Naval Oceanographic office in DC and we outfitted it in the mid late
Jwc> 60's (Viet Nam era). It occupied a fair hunk of ship space and had a VERY big
Jwc> pice tag. I can' recall its update rate but I'm sure it is well exceeded by a <
Jwc>  $100 unit today. Kind of like the first electronic calculator I worked
Jwc> with....~60 pounds, $1500, and ca't do what a 99 cent one does today.
Jwc> Larry Dunn
Jwc> Yankee Rover
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That must have been the old (pre-GPS) SatNav system (now
decommissioned). The first GPS satellites weren't launched until 1984,
and consumer-grade receivers weren't available til about 1990.

-- 
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI    Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Ennos 31 "Honeycomb"
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