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Old April 6th 05, 06:17 PM
Matt Barrow
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"Frank Ch. Eigler" wrote in message
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"Matt Barrow" writes:

[I wrote:]
If you run through the full "true altitude" calculation discussed
during early ground school, you'll see that there is a term that
relates to the elevation of the measurement station. [...]


Which has nothing to do with how accurate they would be -- it's all
corrected out.


Ground stations are all AT GROUND LEVEL, whether the station is at
2000 MSL or 6000 MSL.


That's quite insightful, but irrelevant to the issue of *elevation* of
those stations.


Which you haven't answered either...or any of the other four or five people
who've responded. Only the same "well, maybe it might be....".