I still have a LORAN-C based navigation receiver in my plane. It is part of a Northstar M2 system which uses Loran-C and GPS in a dual sensor mode. Jeppesen stopped supporting the database for Northstar about a year ago and now Loran-C is gone (haven't been flying since the shutdown to see if I can pick up any Canadian Chains here on the Gulf Coast) so I am going to have to upgrade to a Garmin or similar GPS system. Big $$$'s and a PITA but at least I got maximum return on the original investment and waited until maturation of the moving map technology.
Joe -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Camp Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 6:57 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran C sounds Hi I know it's a chicken and egg thing, but Loran-C died for navigation a while back. The hardware simply isn't out there anymore. GPS could have died two weeks ago and Loran-C would have not helped the navigation people. They don't have the receivers in place. A backup that nobody is set up to listen to is not a backup. _______________________________________________ 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.
