[time-nuts] Loran C sounds
J. L. Trantham
jltran at att.net
Fri Feb 12 14:44:59 UTC 2010
I still have a LORAN-C based navigation receiver in my plane. It is part of
a Northstar M2 system which uses Loran-C and GPS in a dual sensor mode.
Jeppesen stopped supporting the database for Northstar about a year ago and
now Loran-C is gone (haven't been flying since the shutdown to see if I can
pick up any Canadian Chains here on the Gulf Coast) so I am going to have to
upgrade to a Garmin or similar GPS system. Big $$$'s and a PITA but at
least I got maximum return on the original investment and waited until
maturation of the moving map technology.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of Bob Camp
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 6:57 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran C sounds
Hi
I know it's a chicken and egg thing, but Loran-C died for navigation a while
back. The hardware simply isn't out there anymore. GPS could have died two
weeks ago and Loran-C would have not helped the navigation people. They
don't have the receivers in place. A backup that nobody is set up to listen
to is not a backup.
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