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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.owt.com!oneworld.owt.com!msmith From: msmith@One World Telecom. (509) 735-0408 (Mark D. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: CSC AK-47 Date: 10 Oct 1995 03:31:33 GMT Organization: One World Telecommunications. (509) 735-0408 Lines: 21 Message-ID: <45cpel$l5@paperboy.owt.com> References: <43vnpp$m0k@bdt.bdt.com> <44pqfp$3m5@paperboy.owt.com> <44rk65$d0h@uriah.heep.sax.de> <451c7s$106@paperboy.owt.com> <454c9e$eiq@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: oneworld.owt.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : 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. Well, actuall, the 7.62mm transfer size mentioned above is used in the American M1A or the M14 and has quite a bit signal strength than the 7.62mm AK47 and also has a lot bet addressing scheme allowing to place it's packets in the right place the first try. The AK-47 and varient cards also have a bad rep. for being lossy even over shorter ranges, er, cable lengths due the their inaccurate nature. Mark