[Boatanchors] LightSquared

[Garey Barrell]

Even more important, how are tractors going to have straight rows, make 'crop circles', and fancy 
artistic images in their fields without GPS!?

73, Garey - K4OAH
Glen Allen, VA

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rbethman wrote:
> Do you consider a 777 a boatanchor?
>
> It sure as heck is more than heavy enough!
>
> VORs do NOT provide 95% guarantee of less than 1/2 mile deviation over
> the entire flight path.
>
> That is why RNAV *IS* GPS required.
>
> This list is loaded with minds stuck in a vacuum tube.
>
> Do you folks ALL drive a 1960s car?
>
> What is built-in to the new autos?   GPS.
>
> Bob - N0DGN
>
> On 10/8/2012 3:02 PM, Rick Poole WA1RKT wrote:
>> From: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>
>>> For those that don';t know what *RNAV* is -
>>> it *IS* Augmented GPS, or even just plain GPS!
>> GPS can be considered a kind of area navigation (RNAV), but there is also
>> RNAV that is based on VORs and has no connection to GPS, and was around
>> long before GPS was invented.
>>
>> Rick WA1RKT <still wondering what connection this has with boat anchors...>
>>
>