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Date:      Sat, 06 May 2000 08:29:37 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: GPS heads up 
Message-ID:  <6827.957594577@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 05 May 2000 17:57:13 MDT." <200005052357.RAA57906@harmony.village.org> 

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In message <200005052357.RAA57906@harmony.village.org>, Warner Losh writes:
>In message <3913589F.3BE7BE18@softweyr.com> Wes Peters writes:
>: With 12-channel chipsets becoming common, new devices are getting quite
>: good at this.
>
>Yes.  Most of the data I have is for 6 channel models.

12-chanel chipsets are overkill if you don't live more or les exactly
on the equator or one of the poles.  Here where I live (56 north) about 
30% of the sky is never covered by a satelite because of the inclination
of the satelites being non-zero.

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