hi, isnt accuracy also controlled by how many sattelites the gps can
track?
mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Magor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, October 01, 2001 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: 1600 Speedo Law warning. Ammendment
>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
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
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