Presumably these are racing tasks? The (in)frequency of the updates makes them all to appear to be turning short. Tom and Ivan both appear to be doing their own thing at the moment...
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ross McLean Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 2:47 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Australian Grand Prix - Lake Keepit It depends a lot on how the Spot is mounted in the glider. Ideally they need to be flat with a good clear view of the satellite (read sky). Even then if the glider is turning steeply when the Spot wants to transmit it will miss the satellite which is why you get that leapfrog effect. It's not ideal but it is better than nothing at all which is what we used to have. ROSS -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robinson, Peter B (Information Systems) Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 2:20 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Australian Grand Prix - Lake Keepit It would be even better if the update frequency from spot tracking on each glider was consistent, seems to vary from 10mins to 20mins, which causes a leap frogging effect on the race tracking. Is it possible to have all gliders updates synchronised together with a 5 minute or less update? Interested to understand whether this is a limitation of SPOT or just a configuration decision. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anne Elliott Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 1:37 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Australian Grand Prix - Lake Keepit Thanks Ross .. it's fun to follow the race on SPOT.. AE -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ross McLean Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 2:01 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Australian Grand Prix - Lake Keepit The race is on. Half way down the first leg Hank Kauffman is in the lead, with Bruce Taylor, Tom Claffey & Graham Parker in hot pursuit. See the Spot tracking at http://track.soaringstuff.net/spot.html Cheers, ROSS _________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring The material contained in this email may be confidential, privileged or copyrighted. If you are not the intended recipient, use, disclosure or copying of this information is prohibited. If you have received this document in error, please advise the sender and delete the document. Neither OneSteel nor the sender accept responsibility for any viruses contained in this email or any attachments. _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
