[time-nuts] Re: GPS D (i.e. gpsd) roll over bug..Oct 24th

Fri Oct 22 21:08:22 UTC 2021

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BjÃ¶rn writes:

> The L1 C/A was optimised many decades ago. 

The first GPS receiver to use the L1 C/A code took up four full
racks and required to very alert persons to operate.

There is a picture of it in one of the many "History of GPS"
presentations given by the principals of the programme.

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