[ARC5] ZB discussion!

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 From Wikipedia

Navigation is the process of reading, and controlling the movement of  
a craft or vehicle from one place to another.[1] It is also the term  
of art used for the specialized knowledge used by navigators to  
perform navigation tasks. The word navigate is derived from the Latin  
"navigate", which is the command "sail".[1]. More literally however,  
the word "Navi" in Sanskrit means 'boat' and "Gathi" means  
'direction'. All navigational techniques involve locating the  
navigator's position compared to known locations or patterns.

Seems to me that about covers it.

Dennis D. W7QHO
Glendale, CA



On May 24, 2010, at 9:17 AM, J. Forster wrote:

> No arguement from me.
>
> -John
>
> ================
>
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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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>>
>>
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