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Old 24th Mar 2014, 16:14
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aviator1970
 
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Inmarsat doppler

Inmarsat uses 121.5/406.25 MHz tx to find out approximate position using Doppler shift... so why not any other frequency? Accuracy provided by the 406 fx is higher due to the higher frequency and hence more Doppler shift.... I make sense hopefully... or maybe Not...
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