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April 18th 08, 01:59 PM
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Altimeter Question
On 2008-04-17, WingFlaps wrote:
Urban legend? O, it was not Newquay but Newlyn (both in cornwall). The datum is sea level as set the British Admiralty back then so the obvious Q code would have been QNH. Look up the history of the naval tidal observatory if you don't believe it. Source, please. The Q codes are just as Stefan said: randomly assigned. They were chosen that way so as not to conflict with any nation's callsign blocks (to this day, there are no callsigns assigned with Q as the first letter). The apparent relationship between QNH and Newlyn Harbor is purely coincidental. -- Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!) AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (ordered 17 March, delivery 2 June) 
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