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Old August 6th 09, 06:42 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
JS
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Default SPOT User Survey - Altitude?

I completed the survey a while ago, hoping our feedback would count.
But the flying community is a small percentage of users. For most
users, ground elevation is all they need.
If anyone wants more coverage area, better reliability, more frequent
message rate, with altitude, direction and speed information, they can
get it from other (and more expensive) providers.
Lets see if at least the version 2 unit gets messages out closer to
the every 10 minutes they claim. I'm more concerned with the frequent
gaps in message reception. Unless there are multiple messages at the
same location, a good assumption would be "still flying".
Jim