Re: [IRCA] OT - app for latitude / longitude readout on phones

[Chuck Hutton <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>]

Ha!

Many ground rods were lost with and without the help of GPS.
Segments of wire  were also sent to nirvana.
Fortunately no people have been reported as lost, but we are not done yet.

Chuck
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] OT - app for latitude / longitude readout on phones

Reminds me of the early days of cellular telephone and hand held GPS
devices.  Remember, Chuck, how we put a bunch of long grounds in the sand
dunes at the Grayland Motel....never to be found again, despite carefully
recording the GPS coordinates!    73,   Walt

On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 6:56 AM Chuck Hutton <charlesh3@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Mark -
>
> I presume you want GPS to allow calculation of  distances since bearing is
> easily done with compass apps.
> You didn't mention exactly what you are trying to do but I thought I would
> mention that GPS accuracy at its best is not good enough for antenna
> construction and installation.
> And on -not-the-best days, you can't expect an absolute accuracy of
> anything better than maybe 20 feet. Half that on good days.
> If you're trying to measure wire length, I'm afraid a Harbor Freight 100
> or 300 foot tape measure is still the way to go.
>
> Chuck
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