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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: CSC AK-47
Date: 6 Oct 1995 23:57:50 +0100
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509) 735-0408 (Mark D. Smith <msmith@One World Telecom.> wrote:

>OK, I believe on THAT side of the ocean, 1000 yards comes out to 
>be something like 914.4 meters.  So the M1A and M1 Garands have a 
>packet size of 7.62mm and the AR-15 has a size of 5.56mm and all
>are trying to transfer them out to 914m.  As you can see, the signal
>tends to be a little weak at that end of the range, er, cable.

Umm, yeah, even though the CSC AK-47 might be throwing a lot more of
data in the range below 500 yards / 450 metres, it will certainly
become somewhat lossy in those long-distance tasks.

:-)

-- 
cheers, J"org

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