[time-nuts] Carrier phase tracking

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <45D9DC20.8060807 at cox.net>, Didier Juges writes:

>There are at most 12 
>visible satellites at the same time, so there is no need for more than 
>12 channels (at least for a "single frequency" L1 receiver)

That's only true for a nominal 24 sat constellation.  With the
current 30+ constellation you can get up to about 15 in certain
areas of the world.

That's not the same as they'll do you any good if their geometry
is poor, but you can track them nontheless.

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