[time-nuts] Loran in the US

Glen Hoag hoag at hiwaay.net
Sun Mar 4 21:49:23 UTC 2012


Even with yesterday's electronics, many Loran stations outside the US 
were operating under remote control, with a single control station 
managing multiple chains.

--Glen

At 03:39 PM 3/4/2012, you wrote:
>With today's electronics and 'puters, a new system could be designed to
>operate essentially without local staffing, IMO. The biggest problem would
>be getting antennas with reasonable radiation efficiency at 100 kHz,
>without using 1000' plus towers.
>
>One option might be more, smaller, cheaper stations.
>
>-John
>
>=============
>
>
> > On 03/04/2012 10:02 PM, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote:
> >> Antonio wrote:
> >>
> >>> Now, that the Loran C ressurection seems to be probable
> >>
> >> I suspect that it is not yet anywhere near probable -- more likely there
> >> is now some remote possibility of a ressurection if many difficult
> >> preconditions (including Congressional action) are all met.
> >
> > Rebuilding the network and finance the cost of running it will be a
> > challenge. This is why tearing down the old network was such a waste of
> > money. If they seriously considers it, maybe they have learned a hard
> > lesson and at least considers it and is ready to bite the bullet.
> >
> > A key worry would be if they chose to use a non-compatible coding such
> > that existing Loran-C equipment needs to be scrapped anyway.
> >
> > It would be interesting to see how it plays out.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Magnus
> >
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