I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to those who have developed this tracking system, for an excellent job given that Spot was never designed for or intended to be used for this purpose.
Cheers Tim tra dire e fare c`รจ mezzo il mare From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew Gage Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 3:22 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Australian Grand Prix - Lake Keepit And before someone whinges yet again about other potentially "better" systems, I suggest that if they want this, they put up the cash to pay for them On 23/03/2011, at 14:46 , Ross McLean wrote: > 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 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1498/3522 - Release Date: 03/22/11
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