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Old June 12th 09, 11:36 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bob Noel[_2_]
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Default ATC Radar Question

Stealth Pilot wrote:

Mode C only provides 100 foot altitude resolution. bzzzzt!


Mode C provides a height eg 1252ft which is deemed only accurate to
100ft because the calibration errors are limited to 100ft.


I believe that Mode C provides 100 foot altitude resolution because
the least significant bit is 100'