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"Poul-Henning Kamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "M. Warner Losh" writes:
: >In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: > Chuck Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: >: Because PPS isn't encoded in the loran signal. The only way you
: >: have of recovering PPS information is to know when the next time of
: >: coincidence (TOC) will occur at your location, and start your 1PPS
: >: at that time. A TOC is when your master chain's starting pulse
: >: happens to occur at an exactly the start of a UTC second.
: >
: >So timing LORAN-C receivers only look at one LORAN-C chain then?
:
: Very few LORAN-C receivers are multi-chain.
:
: I belive the Austron 5000M was multi-chain (and took a PDP/11 ?)
:
: Megapulse have some multi-chain receivers as well.
Ah, not they couldn't do this, they just don't. I undestand now why
they have a PPS input.
Warner
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