[ARC5] ZB discussion!

[J. Forster]

No arguement from me.

-John

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> I consider a navigation system one that allows the user to determine his
> position whereas a homing system allows the user to go to a known position
> but doesn't tell him his position until he arrives at the known point.
>
> Lenox
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On
> Behalf Of J. Forster
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 10:28 AM
> To: Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment.
> Cc: 'Mike Morrow'
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] ZB discussion!
>
> In the OP context, "navigation" clearly meant getting to a specific place
> (at a specific time) for the intercept. The ZB would have been little use
> for that, unless a ship was sitting underneath. OTOH, something like LORAN
> could have helped a lot.
>
> FWIW,
>
> -John
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