Have had some communication with a couple of European guys who are pushing this gps as the most accurate around. Anyone done any testing? Would they be accepted in the GPSTC? (At about $1800aud, worth it?)
Looks possible, but I think somebody will have to buy one and submit it's files to the GPSTC, alongside an approved device's files .
Then the technical section can evaluate it.
I've had a quick look and can't find any info on it's output format, you'd need to make sure you can process it's data to the GPSTC divisions, before spending all that money
They turned up here a while ago but no one could comment on then other than my observation of $1700. My motion/garmin work fin for me. Yeah a screen & huge battery life would be great but not for sail/mast prices
What is the output file format and is it compatible with current analysis software?
Does it do onboard calculations and display of GPSTC divisions?
How does one download the results?
In theory, the technical side sound like it should be very accurate. How much more accurate? We already have devices like the ESP and Motion that are accurate to better than 0.05 knots, and some specific Garmin watches that are mostly accurate better than 0.1 knots. It looks like there will soon be another device available in the form of the Lisa GPS for around the A$ 460 mark that promises to do everything the ESP-DIY does. In what ways would this device be better at around 4 times the price?
An very interesting article about multiband gnss by ublox : www.u-blox.com/en/publication/white-paper/gps-signals-evolution Main advantage is multi path reception supression. As for windsurfing, this is certainly not the biggest error factor ! Greetings, Jan.
