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

[Bob Camp]

Hi

The obvious advantage to backwards compatibility would be much greater coverage area. It is a bit tough to envision them getting a reasonable user population with a 100% from scratch approach. Indeed that may be wishful thinking.

Bob



On Mar 1, 2012, at 8:09 PM, "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz at lavabit.com> wrote:

> Greg wrote:
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>> A friend in Texas has confirmed that Loran signals are now up and receivers are showing position. I am including a note from UrsaNav regarding this event.
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> What are the odds that any long-term deployment would be backward-compatible with legacy Loran receivers (not the same as the initial tests being backward-compatible)?  The primary revenue stream would appear to be from sales of new receivers that use patented technology (unless the government wants to get back into the business of subsidizing Loran, which it just vacated -- not very likely).  Cynical, maybe, but it is always a good idea to keep an eye on the money.  I suppose they could make the enhancements transparent to legacy receivers, so you would buy new receivers if you needed the enhancements but could also use older receivers if you didn't.  But would they?  There does not appear to be an incentive to do so, absent a government subsidy.
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> Best regards,
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> Charles
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