NavCom SF-3040 Rev.F - Manual (Page 210)

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or Y-code, and a 50 bit/second navigation message.
The bandwidth of this signal is 10.23MHz.
lat see latitude.
latitude (lat) the north/south component of the
coordinate of a point on the surface on the earth;
expressed in angular measurement from the plane of
the equator to a line from the center of the earth to
the point of interest. Often abbreviated as Lat.
LED acronym for Light Emitting Diode.
LEMO a type of data or power connector.
LES Land Earth Station
the point on the earth’s
surface where data is up linked to a satellite.
logging interval the frequency at which positions
generated by the receiver are logged to data files.
lon see longitude.
longitude (long) the east/west component of the
coordinate of a point on the surface of the earth;
expressed as an angular measurement from the
plane t
hat passes through the earth’s axis of rotation
and the 0° meridian and the plane that passes
through the axis of rotation and the point of interest.
Often abbreviated as Long.
Mean Sea Level (MSL) a vertical surface that
represents sea level.
meridian one of the lines joining the north and south
poles at right angles to the equator, designated by
degrees of longitude, from 0° at Greenwich to 180°.
meteorological (.YYm) files one of the three file
types that make up the RINEX file format. Where YY
indicates the last two digits of the year the data was
collected. A meteorological file contains atmospheric
information.