[Milsurplus] Re:Loran C

[Bob Camp]

Hi

I hate to think what would have happened if you asked the same officer 
what a sextant was. Last time I checked they are *required* to run two 
navigation systems. The rules go back a *long* way and the penalties in 
the event of an accident are kind of nasty ....

The whole issue with Loran has been it's impending death by government 
edict. With no agreement on keeping the system running nobody wants to 
put money into more modern designs. There is no reason at all why you 
can't do the same sort of system with Loran (all stations you can hear) 
as with GPS and then display the data. A number of people have come up 
with home project type receivers that do just that.

Right now the surplus item to look for are the high end Loran based 
timing receivers. They are out there and with Loran going on for a 
while they should be a useful thing to have around.

	Take Care!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ


On Oct 2, 2004, at 10:27 AM, Barry Hauser wrote:

> 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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