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Subject: Re: Recalculating . . .

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IanS

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Date Posted: 17:01:55 11/03/14 Mon
In reply to: Kirby Lambert 's message, "Re: Recalculating . . ." on 16:04:01 10/28/14 Tue

A group of then diving enthusiasts we combined to buy an early GPS receiver that had an interface port. Whilst tied up in port we connected it to a plotter and the plotter plotted a near perfect circle with random dots with our actual position at the centre.
As we normally set off from the same location we found that when the USA had problems abroad SA was switched off our position was correct. Presumably it was switched off so that its forces could use many cheep commercial sets instead of the few milspec sets in high value vehicals.

>I remember back in 2002 I was in New Jersey for the
>first time. It was after dark and I was going from the
>Newark airport to Berkley Heights. I had printed maps
>be fore I left so I was covered. I tried the Hertz
>Neverlost system just for grins. It showed that I was
>driving in the river not on the highway. Although I
>did use the system succesfully over a number of years
>from that point on I called it Everlost!
>
>Kirby
>
>
>>Another column picked up from the paper. I've
>>touched it up to de-emphasize the local angle a
>>little, but other than that it's absolutely true.
>>
>>-- Wes

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