[Milsurplus] Loran C... foot in mouth

[J. Forster]

Sorry. I didn't realize that the N & V site does not link to copies of the
articles. I get it in hard copy.

-J

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A week or two, someone was asking about the anticipated life of the Loran system
in the context of whether to buy a Loran or a GPS receiver as a standard of
frequency (time interval). While not scholarly, here are a couple of articles I
just came across:

http://www.nutsvolts.com/toc_Pages/aug04toc.htm
http://www.nutsvolts.com/toc_Pages/sep04toc.htm

Of course, spending $100 million does not mean the system will not be shut down
on October 2nd, but it seems unlikely.  FWIW,
-John