Xref: utzoo rec.boats:1011 sci.space.shuttle:1738 rec.aviation:10256 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!elroy!jato!herron!herron.uucp!jbrown From: jbrown@herron.uucp (Jordan Brown) Newsgroups: rec.boats,sci.space.shuttle,rec.aviation Subject: NAVSTAR Message-ID: Date: 20 Oct 88 08:13:40 GMT Reply-To: jbrown@jato.jpl.nasa.gov Lines: 13 > Does anybody know if NAVSTAR is operational yet? Yes. No. Some are up; it is possible to use it a few hours a day. > Not that it makes much practical difference; Rousmaniere estimates that > a receiver will cost $25,000... I believe I've seen estimates for handheld GPS receivers in the $3k range. This was a rumor; I don't remember if the original source was an ad or a guess. Incidentally, the folks in rec.aviation would probably be interested in stuff related to GPS too. People might want to include r.a in followups.