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

[Peter Gottlieb]

Government subsidy, like letting them use the frequency?


On 3/1/2012 8:09 PM, Charles P. Steinmetz 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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