you are all pretty much write except the restriction as you call it has currently been removed so the civilian gps's are in fact quite accurate. however because the satelites are controlled by the us military they can switch the error factor back on at any time. i'm also pretty sure that there is no seperate military and civilian channels but i could be wrong.
regards darren >From: "Zac Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: 1600 Speedo Law warning. Ammendment >Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 15:47:50 +0930 > >yeah that is what I meant by the military band. the civilian band is >purposely restricted in it's accuracy. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 3:34 PM >Subject: Re: 1600 Speedo Law warning. Ammendment > > > > I'm in the NAVY and the ones we use and other nations use are very very > > accurate, civilian ones are out by a good distance and would not really >be >a > > good option. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Zac Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 3:48 PM > > Subject: Re: 1600 Speedo Law warning. Ammendment > > > > > > > I have studied GPS at university and have also heard tales of people > > > calibrating their speedos with them. From what I have been taught they > > would > > > not be accurate enough to calibrate a for just a home user using a > > handheld > > > unit but you might have had a more powerful unit and access to the > > military > > > band. > > > > > > zac > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Richard Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 12:58 PM > > > Subject: Re: 1600 Speedo Law warning. Ammendment > > > > > > > > > > So all 1600's can have MPH speedos? > > > > good to hear. > > > > > > > > I recently used a GPS in my 120y and the car was just about perfect > > > (speedo) > > > > with 13" rims with 185/60's on them. Those things are awesome for > > checking > > > > speed, very accurate I think! And of course I tried to max it out... > > > 148km/h > > > > with still room to keep going.... but ran out of road, not too >shabby > > from > > > a > > > > 1.2 litre totally stock standard 120y > > > > > > > > Anyway I was just wondering if anyone else has used GPS to acuratly > > > > calobrate their speedo.... are they as accurate as they seem? > > > > > > > > Rich > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "tobias walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 8:51 AM > > > > Subject: Re: 1600 Speedo Law warning. Ammendment > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think a cop has got to be pretty bored to find a fault like that >and > > > any > > > > > way I think you could argue quite well the car is too old for that >and > > > I'm > > > > > sure he could find a few more faults in a car before he got that > > > desprite > > > > to > > > > > write out a ticket ??? > > > > > Toby > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
