[Milsurplus] Re:Loran C

[Barry Hauser]

Reminds me ...

A few years ago I was on a cruise and took the tour of the bridge.  The
young officer spent quite a bit of time on the GPS system.

There was an old Loran unit -- turned off.  I asked the officer about it and
he said something, like -- "Oh, that.  We don't use it anymore.  I don't
know much about it."

Hopefully they'll come up with an equivalent integrated marine unit, so if
the GPS gets faulty it will automatically switch over if possible.  Or at
least it should have  have a button on the screen labeled "Help" -- not
"Loran"   -- the kid on the bridge might not know what it means.

Or is Loran kaput for maritime use?

Barry



>
> > LORAN C got an indefinate repreive, and is now being mandated as a
> > supplemental positioning receiver in all new aircraft GPS's
> >
>
> Just read an article about the USCG replacing tube finals with solid state
> PAs in several key Loran C stations, very high power xmtrs. Guess they are
> planning to be around for a while.  Hooray!
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