Ryan Malloy 86a5b08e9d Add PRN ranging system: code generator, modulator, demodulator, and demo
Implements the Apollo composite PRN ranging code (5,456,682 chips) from
five component sequences (CL, X, A, B, C) combined via majority-vote
logic, matching Ken Shirriff's Teensy rangeGenerator.ino bit-for-bit.

LFSR taps corrected to produce maximal-length sequences:
  A: 5-bit, taps [2,0] (x^5+x^2+1, period 31)
  B: 6-bit, taps [1,0] (x^6+x+1, period 63)
  C: 7-bit, taps [1,0] (x^7+x+1, period 127)

New files:
  src/apollo/ranging.py          -- pure-Python code generator and correlator
  src/apollo/ranging_source.py   -- GR sync_block streaming PRN chips
  src/apollo/ranging_mod.py      -- GR hier_block2 NRZ chip modulator
  src/apollo/ranging_demod.py    -- GR basic_block FFT-based range correlator
  grc/apollo_ranging_*.block.yml -- GRC block definitions (3 files)
  examples/ranging_demo.py       -- standalone demo with delay simulation
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