[BC] GPS recommendations

Alan Alsobrook radiotech at bellsouth.net
Tue Jun 19 05:28:06 CDT 2012


Broadcast List USER wrote:
> I'm not sure, but I believe every GPS receiver uses World Geodetic  
> System (WGS) 1984, not not NAD 83 or NAD 27..  While WGS 84 and NAD 83  
> are very close to one another, just a few meters difference, NAD 27 is  
> way off, and the hardware conversion inside the receiver is not  
> accurate at all.

The FCC, right or wrong, has said all along that NADCON is the only 
acceptable (to the FCC) conversion method.

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Alan Alsobrook CSRE AMD CBNT
St. Augustine Fl. 32086 904-829-8885
aalso at Bellsouth.net



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