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Old 21st Mar 2014, 17:08
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Originally Posted by oldgrumpy
yes there is and if you had bothered scrolling back a few pages you would have found posted by cyanr
- well, I went back 5 and lost heart - it was 6 back. Also if you had bothered to scroll back you would have seen that both brika and Blue Amber had already answered. .....and it is cynar ....but thanks anyway.

Originally Posted by Mountain Bear
So I think it is something of a leap of faith to say that increasing ping times=increasing distance. It's a decent assumption but we've already seen how other reasonable assumptions have turned out to be wrong.
-indeed, but IF there is more precise information it should be possible to analyse and form a reasonable assessment. It would be nice to see a bit more from Inmarsat.
Originally Posted by awblain
The South China Sea information allows Inmarsat to be confident that the 0100 signals were consistent with a "red arc" that goes through that area.
- yes, but what makes it more likely that the southern arc is in focus? Can this be deduced from the Inmarsat data or is there (probably) some more int to point at that arc?
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