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Re: Measuring time in small boat CN: what devices do you recommend?
From: Chuck Taylor
Date: 2004 Jan 8, 12:36 -0800
From: Chuck Taylor
Date: 2004 Jan 8, 12:36 -0800
--- Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote: > If I understand you correctly, the internal time is > correct, but the > display is permanently off by as many leap seconds > as have passed since > the receiver was manufactured? ... I am really > curious about this. For details, consult the US Naval Observatory's web page, specifically http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/gpstt.html > > I suppose if the user were aware of such a > condition, he could still > use it as a chronometer, with separate knowledge of > leap seconds. Certainly. As I alluded to earlier, I believe that most GPS receivers currently available do correct for leap seconds, so this is an issue only with older GPS receivers. Chuck Taylor 47 d 55.2' N 122 d 11.2' W __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/