[Milsurplus] Loran C

[Bob W7AVK]

John -

Chuck the author of the article lives near and the site where the photos 
  were taken is a few miles west of Moses Lake, WA.  When I asked I was 
told the reason for the sudden money was LORAN-C is now considered a 
tourist backup for GPS.

Just my $0.02

73  Bob  W7AVK

J. Forster wrote:

> 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
> 
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