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NMEA 0183

C.4.5 RMC – Recommended Minimum Specific GPS/Transit Data

The RMC message contains the time, date, position, course, and speed data provided by the GPS navigation receiver. A checksum is mandatory for this message and the transmission interval may not exceed two seconds. All data fields must be provided unless the data is temporarily unavailable. Null fields may be used when data is temporarily unavailable.

$GP RMC,hhmmss.s,A,llll.lll,a,yyyyy.yyy,a,x.x,x.x, xxxxxx,x.x,a*hh<CR><LF>

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RMC – Recommended Minimum Specific

 

 

GPS / Transit Data Message Parameters

 

 

 

Field #

 

Description

 

 

 

1

 

UTC of Position Fix.

 

 

 

2

 

Status: A = Valid, V = navigation receiver warning

 

 

 

3,4

 

Latitude, N (North) or S (South).

 

 

 

5,6

 

Longitude, E (East) or W (West).

 

 

 

7

 

Speed over the ground (SOG) in knots

 

 

 

8

 

Track made good in degrees true.

 

 

 

9

 

Date: dd/mm/yy

 

 

 

10,11

 

Magnetic variation in degrees, E = East / W= West

 

 

 

hh

 

Checksum (Mandatory for RMC)

 

 

 

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