[aprssig] APRS Speed Spec? (plan B)

[Byon Garrabrant]

As long as you are defining arbitrary values like this, perhaps use:

999 = unknown or not applicable speed
998 = faster than 15200  knots
997 = 15200 to 1601  knots
996 = 1600 to 1201  knots
995 = 1200 to 995  knots
994 = 994 knots

Byon

On Oct 11, 2017, 8:18 AM -0700, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>, wrote:
> My head hurts trying to read the Mic-E spec as written.
> Also, I screwed up MPH and KTS in last email…
> So here is what I am suggesting for the CSE/SPD field:
>
> 999 = 15,200 knots space station
> 998 =    1600 knots military mach 2.8
> 997 =    1200 knots Concorde
> 996 =       996 knots normal speeds down to 0
>
> So using this same idea for Mic-E would result in
>
> 789 = 15,200 knots space station
> 788 =    1600 knots military mach 2.8
> 787 =    1200 knots Concorde
> 786 =       996 knots for consistency with above
> 785 =       785 knots normal speeds down to 0
>
> Any objections?  About the only one we will ever use is the orbital velocity for the space station and for satellites, but I thought we may as well include a few more.
>
> Bob, WB4APR
>
>
> From: Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga at usna.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 8:48 AM
> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
> Cc: Robert Bruninga
> Subject: APRS Speed Spec?
>
> Authors,
> I thought that I had years ago declared that a speed of 999 would mean Orbital Velocity 17,500 MPH and that 998 would mean something else for high speed jets.  Maybe mach 3?
>
> Actually  I may have defined three speeds greater than 999 for the last three enetries.
>
> Clearly we need orbital velocity for the Space station, etc…
> And Mach 3 for our fighter pilots…
> And something for the Concord (or its replacement)…
> What about Elon Musk’s hypter tube?  But I think it is under 999…
>
> Anyway, is this written down anywhere?
>
> And if not, then here is what I propose:
> 999 = 17500 MPH space station
> 998 =   1850 MPH military
> 997 =   1350 MPH concord
> 996 =     996 MPH
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