[Boatanchors] LightSquared

[Jim Wilhite]

A master could have more than 2 salves.   Loran C was primarily for water
navigation but pilots adopted it and had enough clout to demand the Coast
Guard install an inland chain in the center of the US so they could be used
in aircraft navigation and close the gap.

It was an expensive proposition with the master up near NW Kansas or
Southern Nebraska.  Slaves were added from the Texas gulf coast to Southeast
Louisiana to over somewhere in Arizona and up to near Montana, and there
were 5 slaves to the master.  A couple of the slaves did dual purpose to 2 
masters as I recall.

Here is a good discussion on the system

http://www.jproc.ca/hyperbolic/loran_c.html

Jim
W5JO




----- Original Message ----- 

>
> More on LORAN:
>
> Unless you had a LORAN-A transmitter VERY close to
> your location, it is unlikely you could tell which
> station was where.  LORAN-A stations had a "MASTER"
> and "SLAVE" relationship.  I no longer remember from
> my days as a student navigator if it was a one-to-one
> relationship or if there could be more than one slave
> per master.  The chains of stations were spread along
> the coasts in many parts of the world.