29 Aug
2022
29 Aug
'22
7:39 p.m.
On 8/29/22 12:53, Calvin McDonald wrote:
Why are the transponders not designed to hold the frequencies more exact??
Because it doesn't know how fast you are traveling, relative to its position in space. That also applies for everyone else listening to it. :-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect
(eg. it will be exactly on frequency directly above you, but way off for someone else looking at it near the horizon)
--- Zach N0ZGO