Nate The Surveyor
Well-Known Member
This thread is for gossip, coffee, and the general discussion which would occur at a coffee shop, it sometimes contains errors, 1/2 truths, conjecture, with a bit of truth, truth with a bit of conjecture. Ya can't believe all you hear at this table, but you can read between the lines and benefit.
Here is my first conjecture.
Our GPS system is aging. This has many meanings. It also means the orbits are old, out of date. We have times of the day when (2 constellations) it's hard to get good data. The satellites are clumped up. No good geometry. When I first got my T-2, LS, 35watt, there was no place I could not go. I could go into impossible places, apply a little patience, and walk away with 3 shots, in 20 minutes. All in agreement, by 0.12'.
Not today. The orbits have aged, and it tends to make it poorer.
This is why the new sats are desirable. They fill in the gaps, left in yesterday's sat orbits.
Which brings me to my next point.where. can I find 20k to upgrade to t-3, and new board in my LS?
Thank you.
(Pass the coffee, would you?)
Nate
Here is my first conjecture.
Our GPS system is aging. This has many meanings. It also means the orbits are old, out of date. We have times of the day when (2 constellations) it's hard to get good data. The satellites are clumped up. No good geometry. When I first got my T-2, LS, 35watt, there was no place I could not go. I could go into impossible places, apply a little patience, and walk away with 3 shots, in 20 minutes. All in agreement, by 0.12'.
Not today. The orbits have aged, and it tends to make it poorer.
This is why the new sats are desirable. They fill in the gaps, left in yesterday's sat orbits.
Which brings me to my next point.where. can I find 20k to upgrade to t-3, and new board in my LS?
Thank you.
(Pass the coffee, would you?)
Nate