Tom About 18-22 years ago I had a surplus timation receiver. Of course it did not have satellites to work with. Have to say at the time I wasn't smart enough to know what to do with it and you guessed it. Its in some dump some place Regards Paul
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 3:38 AM, Tom Van Baak <t...@leapsecond.com> wrote: > > I think there were a couple of steps in between things like time-mation > > satellites and such precursors to GPS. But I believe that CS references > > were trucked around for a long time. > > Regards > > Paul > > WB8TSL > > Hi Paul, > > I'm glad you know about Timation. At some point every one who plays with > GPS should take a quick look back. Here is some light reading. If nothing > else, read the Origins of GPS paper (GPS World, u-blox) and the NRL GPS > Bibliography. > > > TIMATION - a GPS Predecessor Program > https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/t/timation > > > First GPS NAVSTAR Satellite Goes on Display > > http://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/news-releases/2013/first-gps-navstar-satellite-goes-on-display > http://www.nrl.navy.mil/PressReleases/2013/25-13r_NTS-2_1620x2649.jpg(worth > every pixel) > > > The Origins of GPS, and the Pioneers Who Launched the System > https://www.u-blox.com/images/stories/the_origins_of_gps.pdf > http://gpsworld.com/origins-gps-part-1/ > http://gpsworld.com/origins-gps-part-2-fighting-survive/ > > > Initial Results of the NAVSTAR GPS NTS-2 > http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ptti/1977papers/Vol%2009_13.pdf (USNO copy) > http://leapsecond.com/history/1978-PTTI-v9-NTS-2.pdf (high-res from > original) > http://leapsecond.com/history/Ashby-Relativity.htm > http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA058591 > http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a058591.pdf > > > NRL GPS Bibliography > http://www.nrl.navy.mil/content_images/MR8988.pdf (46.0 MB) > (An Annotated Bibliography of the Origin and Development of the Global > Positioning System at the Naval Research Laboratory) > > http://www.gpsdeclassified.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/NRL_GPS_Bibliography-web.pdf(5.5 > MB) > > > /tvb > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.