[ntp:questions] Re: Effect of Antenna Cable Delay

Jan Ceuleers janspam.ceuleers at computer.org
Fri Sep 26 05:19:58 UTC 2003


Ross wrote:
> Given that the 23,000 miles of free-space propagation totally
> dominates the 100' of cable, I'd say this error source comes down to
> being << epsilon.

GPS satellites are not geosynchronous but LEO. As others pointed out,
the propagation delays from the GPS satellites to the antenna are
wanted, since they are what allows the position to be calculated.

Jan




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