> Not practical. You need ground wave reception of LORAN for accurate > navigation. At long distances you would be reliant on sky wave.
Roy, OK, but my interest is NOT navigation, but as a standard of time interval. It would still be useful, even if the path length drifted between day and night as WWVB does. > I'm going to an NPL Timing meeting in early December being held at Trinity > House in London. I'll get the low down on what is happening over here on > LORAN in light of the US announcement for 2010. > > If anyone else in UK fancies the visit - got to > http://www.npl.co.uk/events/timing-and-non-gnss-positions for info. > > Rob Kimberley > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of J. Forster > Sent: 11 November 2009 01:38 > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran C shutdown > > Also, somebody mentioned French chains. Any info on those would be > appreciated. They might worl, especially on the east coast. > > -John > > ============== > > >> Hello ! >> >> Before you throw away your Loran Receivers, have you checked what will >> happen with the Canadian Transmitter Chains ? >> >> Would it be possible with better antennas to receive signals from other >> countries ? >> >> Would be interested in hearing your input on these ideas ! >> >> Thanks ! >> >> Claude _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
