T&T: eLORAN - USCG Navigation Center

[Rock Bradford]

i can remember loran c's early epitaphs in the mid 70's.  in '76, believing
the epitaphs, i sprung for an omega (VLF) that "was so efficient that eight
stations would service the entire world."  of course, loran-c continued to
defy the electronic seers.  then sat nav's were the rage (my first magnavox
cost 17K) and still loran-c survived.  now we have gps's coming out our
ears, in our cars, computers, boats, watches, ad nauseam, and once again
loran-c is down for the count.  i don't think i'd bet against loran-c.  when
we leave south caroliina next week for the dominican republic, we'll have
the gps but we also take a sextant, a chronometer and HO 249.

Rock Bradford
Cygnus 44/"Magpie"
Georgetown, SC

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:14 PM, <2elnav at netbistro.com> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike. Maurice" <mikem at yachtsdelivered.com>
> > eLoran is Loran C with a data channel added.
> > It would seem that eLoran will cease along with Loran C.> Mike
>
>
> REPLY
> Well of course. Homeland Security  wants to be able to deny GPS positioning
> to  invading terrorists.
> Much harder to do if  the Loran system  with differential  beacons are
> there to correct any spoofing of GPS positions used by civilians.  And you
> can bet they will absorb the  funds ear marked for Loran  to use in some
> other part of their budget.
> Arild
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