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I was about to say Comte AC-11....but that's from 1931. Comte didn't produce anything during the WWII??
Incidentally this is the AC-11V....the tail is definitely different!
Incidentally this is the AC-11V....the tail is definitely different!
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In JB, OFSO explains how GPS works and I think it deserves to be repeated here:
How does GPS calculate position ?
The Gnomic Phase Shift uses very small flatulant gnomes located inside the device. Two are required (and actually only one need be flatulant, although usually both are). The second gnome holds a stopwatch. When the first gnome breaks wind, the second gnome starts the watch and listens acutely. When the echo of the wee flatule is received, the second gnome stops the watch. They then argue for a few miliseconds over who will hold the stopwatch the next time, causing the loser's usual grin to turn into a frown, and this "face shift" as it's known, divided by the transit time is shown as your location on your device.
I think that's right ?
The Gnomic Phase Shift uses very small flatulant gnomes located inside the device. Two are required (and actually only one need be flatulant, although usually both are). The second gnome holds a stopwatch. When the first gnome breaks wind, the second gnome starts the watch and listens acutely. When the echo of the wee flatule is received, the second gnome stops the watch. They then argue for a few miliseconds over who will hold the stopwatch the next time, causing the loser's usual grin to turn into a frown, and this "face shift" as it's known, divided by the transit time is shown as your location on your device.
I think that's right ?
How does GPS calculate position ?
Best accuracy is obtained via LI and L2 precision codes, which enables accurate propagation (ionospheric and atmospheric) error prediction, because the refractive indices of both frequencies may be very accurately predicted and modelled.
This takes me four hours of lecturing!!!
Do you all not admire a person of such superior knowledge......
However comma the JB post is very amusing.
Incidentally this is the AC-11V....the tail is definitely different!