Don't Forget Your Homework Mystery Cache
Don't Forget Your Homework
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THIS CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES. IT IS NOT A PARK AND GRAB!
*** There is hunting allowed at one of the stages of this cache***
I saw a cache similar to this in Maine and I thought that it was a very cool idea. I completed the calculations, but never had time to look for the cache. This is a three part cache. The first part will probably need to be done at home as you must become your GPS. The Global Positioning System uses triangulation, a system in which the GPS receiver has to know two things: the location of at least three satellites above you and the distance between you and each of those satellites. The GPS receiver figures both of these things out by analyzing high-frequency, low-power radio signals from the GPS satellites. The United States operates a total of 27 satellites which orbit the earth twice a day. They were originally sent up for military purposes but then were opened up to the public. At first publicly available GPS units were only accurate to within 300 ft or so, then someone had an epiphany and noted that since time is slower for faster objects (Due to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity), a simple algebraic calculation was needed to adjust for the time difference. And just like that accuracy was much better. The speed of light, or any electromagnetic wave, in a vacuum is 300,000km per second. So multiplying the time it took for the wave to reach your unit and the speed of light, the receiver can tell how far it is from each satellite. Distance = velocity * time. If the GPS receiver knows how far it is from three or more satellites it can deduce its position using simple geometry. For example say your GPS receiver knows it is 100km from satellite one. All that tells us is that we somewhere on a circle at a radius of 100km with its center at satellite one. However if the receiver knows that it is100km from satellite two, then it knows we are either at one of two locations, where the circles intersect. If the receiver then knows that it is 100km from satellite three, it can deduce our location to be at one place, where all three circles intersect. For more detailed information visit (visit link) Most GPS receivers can do these calculations as well as many others in fractions of a second and can track multiple satellites at once, resulting in more accurate readings. To help simplify the math we will use 5 miles per second. Use the following information to pinpoint the location of a sign. Once you reach the sign you will need to calculate the location of the second phase (a cammo match box with written instructions in it.) Please do not keep the instructions with you. The final cache is an ammo box that has many good items for kids. Note: it is located on state land and I believe hunting is allowed there. The prize for first to find is your selection of six travel bugs and four geocoins. Have fun and if you need help feel free to email me!
Time from:
On the cohocton (GC1VP9G) = 4.266s
The man who invented Florida (GC1RAH9) = 4.102s
Paper mill park geocache (GCG2XH) = 5.098s
Resting Between the N and S (GC1FWD9) = 3.904s
Second Part:
Oldest year = ABCD
Middle year = EFGH
Youngest year = IJKL
Only date on sign {month/day}= MN/OP
MN/OP=Q
H-A = R
(G-F) /Q = S
Coordinates are:
N42 36.RSK
W77 24.AEI
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Uvag 1: “Frr Ln”
Uvag 2: V bapr jnf zvtugl, ohg abj unir snyyra!
Uvag 3: Penml Gerr