So now I know what a 'Carrington Event' is. Interesting..... On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Mike Borgelt < [email protected]> wrote:
> Maybe he doesn't want to waste more money than absolutely necessary on an > ancient requirement that should have been abolished more than ten years ago? > It isn't as if it is going to get actually used or be useful. > > How many people still carry a paper map? Without one the compass is > pointless in the event of total electrics failure, which in itself is > highly unlikely given most GPS units/tablets have internal batteries and a > smartphone makes fine backup given you are probably carrying one anyway. > > I have 4, independent, battery backed nav systems in the BD-4. > > If the GPS system goes down, getting lost is the least of your problems. I > can think of only two scenarios - hostile action (probably nuclear war) or > a Carrington event. In any case over the next few years we will be talking > around 100 GNSS satellites from several independent systems. GPS/Glonass > receivers are commonly available and GPS/Glonass/Galileo/Beidou/QZSS are > increasingly available. > > Mike > > > > > > > > > At 03:13 PM 8/17/2016, you wrote: > > Hi Ron > > Why would you want a second hand one? a new one (copy) is only about > $200.00 > > Chris Runeckles > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Ron Sanders <[email protected]> wrote: > Anybody got an old one of these laying around? > Ron Sanders > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gliding Australia Forum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/ > glidingaustralia.org/group/gfaforum/. > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > *Borgelt Instruments* - > *design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 * > www.borgeltinstruments.com > tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > -- Mark Fisher Managing Director Swift Performance Equipment Unit 2, 1472 Boundary Rd Wacol 4076 Australia Ph: +61 7 3879 3005 Fax: +61 7 36076277 www.spe.com.au
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