The drift you get corrected for is
VERY slow moving, so if it had a lock on WAAS data every few minutes
that should be good enough for good correction, shouldn't it?

On a good day, yes, but on a bad day in some parts of the globe
ionospheric propagation delay can change rapidly, to the point of
scintillation.

On 22 Jan 2004 19:39:21 -0800, (Mark) wrote:

The drift you get corrected for is
VERY slow moving, so if it had a lock on WAAS data every few minutes
that should be good enough for good correction, shouldn't it?

On a good day, yes, but on a bad day in some parts of the globe
ionospheric propagation delay can change rapidly, to the point of
scintillation.

WAAS isn't global. The footprint is very defined, like any
geostationary satellite.


Larry W4CSC

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