Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 10:03:29 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPS heads up Message-ID: <200005061603.KAA17604@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <6827.957594577@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <200005052357.RAA57906@harmony.village.org> <6827.957594577@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> >: 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. I disagree. I routineles pick up 10-11 satellites, and I'm about half-way between the pole and the equator. Heck, I just looked, and I've got 8 locked on right now. > 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. Wow, the worst I've *ever* seen was 4 satellites here, but it may be that the GPS satellites have orbits that prefer the US? Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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