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From: Chuck Holst <CHUCK_at_multitech.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] GPS selective availabil
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 15:16:44 -0500
>>
My memory vaguely recalls some discussion regarding selective   availability
(the scrambling of signals) being turned off in the not so distant   future.
Is this true, or are we stuck with differential GPS if we want accuracy?
Thanks,
Kevin

ps. Are there any handheld D-GPS systems suitable for kayaking?
>>

Selective availability *may* be turned off sometime in the next six   years,
but don't hold your breath. The US government is supposed to review SA
status annually starting next year. It is supposed to be turned off by   2006,
but who knows what may happen before then?

I don't know of any DGPS units suitable for kayaking. Units such as the
Garmin 12XL and 12CX are not themselves DGPS units, though I think they   are
differential-ready.

Chuck Holst  
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