[time-nuts] Loran in the US

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Mar 5 10:35:46 UTC 2012


In message <20120305103136.7E0F511B984 at karen.lavabit.com>, "Charles P. Steinmet
z" writes:
>Poul-Henning wrote:
>
>>That would make roll-out a matter not for governments, but for
>>airports, harbours and other interested parties, like for instance
>>DME.
>
>Would this mean depending on private parties for precision timing and 
>positioning [using that particular system, of course]?

Well, that could be your own choice, you can tell your receiver
which transmitters you trust.


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