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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!news.tek.com!vice!hall
  2. From: hall@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Hal F Lillywhite)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.backcountry
  4. Subject: Re: Alimeter Watches (Update)
  5. Message-ID: <10796@vice.ICO.TEK.COM>
  6. Date: 19 Nov 92 14:16:09 GMT
  7. References: <1992Nov17.072826.7904@sol.UVic.CA> <10769@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> <7652@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>
  8. Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
  9. Lines: 11
  10.  
  11. In article <7652@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> drchambe@tekig5.pen.tek.com writes:
  12. >In article <10769@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> hall@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Hal F Lillywhite) writes:
  13.  
  14. >>it measures temperature...
  15.  
  16. >Seems the temperature would always read 98.6...
  17.  
  18. Nope.  That is the problem, in spite of being attached to your wrist
  19. it does track the air temperature reasonably well.  This means the
  20. perssure cell of the altimeter also tracks the air temperature,
  21. resulting in inaccurate altitude readings.
  22.