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Re: News Item on Over-reliance on GPS
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2008 Nov 03, 22:05 -0800
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2008 Nov 03, 22:05 -0800
No, please be specific. Are you suggesting we discard our radios?
How about electronic watches for timekeeping? Depthsounders? LED
lighting systems (which are becoming more and more prevalent to
conserve battery power)?
Peter Fogg wrote:
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Peter Fogg wrote:
Umm ... maybe an alternative system? One not reliant on electronics ..
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Lu Abel <lunav@abelhome.net> wrote:
And what do you suggest instead?
Peter Fogg wrote:
Frank wrote:
But the loss of all GPS capability aboard a vessel strikes me as
bad planning.Nah. Stuff happens. Particularly on small boats. Terrible place for electronics.
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