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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

    --- 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
    
    
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