[time-nuts] GPS at 60,000 feet

Said Jackson saidjack at aol.com
Wed Jan 30 12:14:24 EST 2013


That jump cost $$millions :)

I bet they had a Saasm on board..

Bye,
Said

On Jan 29, 2013, at 15:09, Magnus Danielson <magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote:

> Hi Said,
> 
> On 01/29/2013 11:39 PM, Said Jackson wrote:
>> Ublox limits it to 164,000 feet or 50,000m. Pretty much higher than any ballon would go I think.
> 
> Well, then we have a particular space-jumper which was in the vincinity of that height.
> 
> You should get yourself a GPS simulator. For your purposes the Pendulum GPS simulator should be the cost-effective solution, but maybe you can afford the full-blown Spirent simulator. For most lab-bench tests, the simpler Pendulum has found good use even for those having the full-blown.
> 
> Wish I could afford one myself. Would be fun.
> 
> Cheers,
> Magnus
> 
>> 
>> Bye,
>> Said
>> 
>> Sent From iPhone
>> 
>> On Jan 29, 2013, at 13:24, Mike S<mikes at flatsurface.com>  wrote:
>> 
>>> On 1/29/2013 1:55 PM, SAIDJACK at aol.com wrote:
>>>> Note that this is higher than the older GPS would support, due to the new
>>>> Wassenaar speed/altitude limits.
>>> 
>>> What are the current limits? UBlox is Swiss, and therefore subject to Wassenaar. Are there any GPS chip makers in China (or ?), who wouldn't be subject to any limitations?
>>> 
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