[time-nuts] Ashtech 3DF GPS

2012-05-01 Thread Stan
On more or less of a whim, I found and bought an Ashtech 3DF GPS. The interesting thing about this particular GPS is that it uses four separate GPS antennas mounted in a diamond pattern about 1 meter on a side and can compute not only the usual stuff, but also heading, roll, and pitch angles. I

Re: [time-nuts] Ashtech 3DF GPS

2012-05-01 Thread Azelio Boriani
According to this: cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?80010 it seems that this GPS uses carrier phase tracking... it seems interesting. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Stan swp...@earthlink.net wrote: On more or less of a whim, I found and bought an Ashtech 3DF GPS. The interesting thing about

Re: [time-nuts] Ashtech 3DF GPS

2012-05-01 Thread bg
Hi Stan, On more or less of a whim, I found and bought an Ashtech 3DF GPS. The interesting thing about this particular GPS is that it uses four separate GPS antennas mounted in a diamond pattern about 1 meter on a side and can compute not only the usual stuff, but also heading, roll, and

Re: [time-nuts] Ashtech 3DF GPS

2012-05-01 Thread Rob Kimberley
...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Stan Sent: 01 May 2012 14:08 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Ashtech 3DF GPS On more or less of a whim, I found and bought an Ashtech 3DF GPS. The interesting thing about this particular GPS is that it uses four separate GPS antennas mounted in a diamond pattern