[time-nuts] Re: UTC Backbone in Europe

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

Magnus Danielson writes:

> Loran is falling more and more behind in focus. By not speaking about 
> it, it becomes less of an alternative. The white rabbit ate it with a 
> cup of tea.

Not talking about Loran got serious back when the first draft European
Radio Navigation Plan concluded that spending less than 10% of the
money on Loran-C would provide 40% of the possible benefits.

That was not the answer EC needed to justify pouring tons of tax-payer
money into Galileo.

A significant part of the 40% were that Loran-C works almost
everywhere, including remote islands, sea-marks - places the White
rabit will never reach.

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