[time-nuts] Loran transmitters back on the air.

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <4F50645B.40708 at employees.org>, Cliff Sojourner writes:

>had a sailboat in the 80s and 90s, used a West Marine LORAN receiver and 
>antenna...  easily got better than 100' accuracy and repeatability, year 
>after year.

There is a very big difference in VLF performance at sea, high in the
air and at ground.  The latter sucks most, which is why you need
detailed maps of local corrections.

I wonder how much of a role the recent "you could loose GPS to stupid
politics" experience has in this.

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