In a recent thread DaveG (Australia) wrote ... Because there are a lot of people now using KIWI OSD, I thought it would be useful to devise a test procedure -...
I have an story I usually only get to tell to uber-geeks that answers the question posed below by Geoff. I guess we're all geeks on this bus, eh? ;-) : ... I...
... Sam, you are correct, it is unlikely the GPS system had invalid time information in the above case. The "integrity test" that you invoke (by pressing the...
i'm asking this question for on of our KIWI users since i guess he hasn't had time to post it. he is looking for an app that can take the serial data from the...
... Assuming the OS is Windows. I use the freeware Satk (Satellite Assisted Time Keeper) http://www7.ocn.ne.jp/~set/SatkE.zip this works fine with KIWI OSD. ...
Hi, I have a quick question: Is there a way to lower the time display closer to the bottom of the screen? Thanks! Michael Michael F. Vasseur Galaxy Blues...
... The first prototype I made Michael, had the OSD text where you are wanting it (on the very bottom scan lines). It was not until I took it out to Brian...
Happy New Year everyone, I made a video of the change to 2006 and to see the effects of the leap second by recording the screen of my KIWI PC and VTI the KIWI...
... Across the Tasman Sea, I was monitoring the change too Dave! I had 3 PC's recording the NMEA data stream from 3 GPS's. In hindsight I should have had my...
I wish I had thought to record the leap second with the Kiwi OSD, but will settle for the good news reported by Geoff. Today I cranked up my Kiwi (which uses...
... Thanks for that Walt, Yes, keep using your WWV receiver Walt - it is nice to have a redundant time reference! It reminds me of the old saying: "Man with...
The recent issue of Occultation Newsletter;in an article by Sam Herchak ,he states "......the small application from Garmin to enable WAAS function" . This...
... Hi, Short answer - the Garmin 18's are configured for WAAS "OFF". Long answer - http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kiwiosd/message/100 The configuration...
with WAAS "ON", the position precision (not necessarily accuracy) is incredible. In fact, I don't believe it, it's too good (I've seen differential stations...
... Chris if you have both averaging and WAAS enabled, you perhaps could see something that is "too true"! Try WAAS without averaging - you should then see...
Hello to all, on http://spaceweather.com/ (22.Feb.2006) there is a great video of a ISS-Moon pass. It seems to me that KIWI-OSD was used for timing. Regards...
Gerhard Dangl
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Feb 22, 2006 10:41 pm
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Gerhard, cool and thanks for the heads up, I re-posted your note to nzastronomers at yahoo, trust that's ok, the aurora pic was cool as well. Paul Moss ... ...
... You are correct Gerhard, and you can see in his movie, how the OSD text is different to your system - the NTSC text has a slight tilt to the straight up...
Ed's ISS movie is indeed remarkable; I'll try to join him the next time he gives this a try. With the two of us separated by a hundred metres or so, we could...
I am trying to understand how the camera forms the ISS image. Even at an exposure of 1msec the ISS would have been very blurred. It is moving something like 25...
Walt If you right click on one of the MPEG versions and save it to disk Windows Media player will play it and allow you to step through it by pausing and ...
... whereas you have chosen the RHS of the "moon", which is why you get a value of 4.533 - so I don't think we disagree Walt. I have taken a 'snapshot' of the...
Hi Walt, Geoff, I'll give Walt a heads up next time there is a good transit here in the bay area. They don't happen too often, but I usually get a weeks ...
Hi Walt, Sorry for my rushed answer yesterday, but I'm back from a great beach day, hopefully this email answers a few more of your questions: ... All I used...
... Google is your friend Vince. It gives 1.56 million references for: mpeg2 free codec Try: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Stinky_MPEG_2_Codec.htm G...
I have a quick question in relation to this old post. When the KIWI-OSD reset button is pressed twice, does it ever make the GPS start searching for satellites...
... Hi Mike, good question! Pressing the yellow button only resets the electronics (all the timing stuff) in the OSD box, there is nothing SENT to the GPS at ...
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