[time-nuts] Loran in the US

[John Ackermann N8UR]

On 3/5/2012 10:13 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message<4F54D075.6070205 at febo.com>, John Ackermann N8UR writes:
>
>> An interesting complexity of any new Loran system is that it won't be
>> able to rely on GPS for time synchronization!
>
> Well, define "rely".  If they're using a Cs and GPS-steer that when
> there is good GPS, I don't see much of a problem.
>

If the claim is "independent of GPS" any reliance on GPS in the system 
would be troublesome.  But I'll admit we don't know yet what the stated 
goal of the system is...