Re: Dumbing Down GPS, Lat/Long Getting Lost
- From: dold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:40:21 +0000 (UTC)
Dave Martindale <davem@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
They all transmit on the same frequency. Each station transmits a
particular pulse train with a particular delay with respect to the
400KW... That's a bunch of watts.
Yup. The Loran tech I talked to said that flocks of migrating geese got
confused as they passed the antenna, reforming into their usual
formation once they got some distance away.
If it's pulses, then it's not as huge of an RF source as I thought.
The birds would be less confused if it were CW.
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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5
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