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@msn.com> 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
>
> ________________________________
> From: IRCA <irca-bounces@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Mark Connelly via
> IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2018 10:28 PM
> To: CapeDX@yahoogroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Cc: Mark Connelly
> Subject: [IRCA] OT - app for latitude / longitude readout on phones
>
> _______________________________________________
> IRCA mailing list
> IRCA@hard-core-dx.com
> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
>
> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the
> original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the
> IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers
>
> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org
>
> To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> IRCA mailing list
> IRCA@hard-core-dx.com
> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
>
> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the
> original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the
> IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers
>
> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org
>
> To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
>
>
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=20190107081257348