[alberg30] GPS mount

[sandersm at aol.com]

From: sandersm at aol.com


In a message dated 2/26/00 1:29:02 PM, mgrosh at shore.intercom.net writes:

<< For what it is worth, for the last several months I have been using a DGPS

(Differential) which is the Coast Guards patch to restore accuracy to the

DOD system (I know, I know, but this is the US Gov't we are talking here

:) ) and it's accuracy is impressive.  >>

Does the DGPS unit provide reliable speed readings?  I must confess (having 
undue confidence in my piloting and dead reckoning skills) that I was totally 
uninterested in GPS until the yard told me what a help it would be as a 
knotmeter.  I'm not interested in holing my hull for a knotmeter, but the 
thought of having a way to measure speed and pinpoint location with one 
no-hassle instrument does appeal to me.  Bob's remarks about GPS's 
uselessness as a knotmeter lead me back to my original inclination to avoid 
all electronics.  Unless, perhaps, the DGPS solves the problems Bob mentions. 
 Does it?

Sanders McNew
WILD ELF  (# 297)

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