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Article #6228Re: Re: GPS Availability
From: Bob Myers
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 20:21
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 20:21
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> GPS.....That's on UTC, isn't it?
>
> Honestly, I've had my license for about 2 years...and every single
> time I've heard the GPS thing, they have always said it wasn't operational,
> etc....I don't think I've ever heard an actual report for GPS....Oh
> welll....
> That probably wasn't much help, but.......
GPS is most definitely operational, and GPS receivers are now readily
available, albeit with less accuracy than their military cousins. (The
Feds require this to be so, so that some turkey like Sodamn Insane can't
use our own positioning system to aim his Scuds to the nearest millimeter!)
One of the biggest uses right now is in aviation - check with some private
pilots in your area and see if they'll show you some of the latest avionics
catalogs.
Bob Myers KC0EW Hewlett-Packard Co. |Opinions expressed here are not
User Interface Tech. Div.|those of my employer or any other
myers@fc.hp.com Fort Collins, Colorado |sentient life-form on this planet.
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