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Wayne.B
 
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Default RDF (radio direction finding) ... do you ?

On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:19:41 -0500, Jeff wrote:

I generally set them once a week, so the
error is well under a minute. So, would you care to tell us what the
expected error would be for both Latitude and Longitude?


A one minute error in time translates to about a 15 mile error in
longitude at the equator.

If using a noon site to determine latitude, a 1 minute error is almost
inconsequential.

This was all vitally important 20 years ago but the world has changed.