[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-NA totally metric?

["Edward R. Cole" <al7eb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:03 PM 1/21/2007 +1100, Tony Langdon wrote:
>
>And who on this side of the planer is at 60 degrees?  Maybe a few 
>seals and whales LOL  Conversion between degrees and distance is not 
>required much these days, with GPS and good maps.  Nautical 
>measurements are still used here in any case, in meteorology for 
>example (wind speed is in km/h and knots).

I am (lat 60.675)...so there :-)  If you meant lat -60, well you win,
73's,
Ed - KL7UW 
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