Reminds me of the early days of cellular telephone and hand held GPS devices. Remember, Chuck, how we put a bunch of long grounds in the sand dunes at the Grayland Motel....never to be found again, despite carefully recording the GPS coordinates! 73, Walt
On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 6:56 AM Chuck Hutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark - > > I presume you want GPS to allow calculation of distances since bearing is > easily done with compass apps. > You didn't mention exactly what you are trying to do but I thought I would > mention that GPS accuracy at its best is not good enough for antenna > construction and installation. > And on -not-the-best days, you can't expect an absolute accuracy of > anything better than maybe 20 feet. Half that on good days. > If you're trying to measure wire length, I'm afraid a Harbor Freight 100 > or 300 foot tape measure is still the way to go. > > Chuck > > ________________________________ > From: IRCA <[email protected]> on behalf of Mark Connelly via > IRCA <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2018 10:28 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Cc: Mark Connelly > Subject: [IRCA] OT - app for latitude / longitude readout on phones > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
