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[J. Forster]

LORAN-C could have several (4 or 5 as I remember). The question was about
LORAN-A...  a different system.

Best,

-John

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> 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.
>
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