How does a civilian GPS receiver accurately set its clock? Where is there a good description online?

January 31, 2009 by admin · 1 Comment
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Michael asked:


I’ve read the wikipedia.com entry for GPS and some of it just doesn’t gel with me.

Anyone have any pointers to a description online on how most gps receivers can calculate the correct time that an interested “newbie” would appreciate?

I’m also interested how a gps receiver can discriminate satellites’ C/A trains with multiple radios when all satellites are transmitting at the same frequency? Wouldn’t all the radios (like on a 12-radio GPS receiver) be listening to exactly the same thing? Seems like they’d all be stepping on themselves and not be separable.

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