Well from what I have seen on posts I don't agree on LORAN C dying for Nav. In particular there is a website that pilots use were they have been bitching about the shut down. Will believe boaters are out there also.
But I think the real answer is that commercial pilots and Navigation abandoned it a while ago. They matter. So think about whats been going on and you may really appreciate what we had. LORAN C for time-nuts was the only tax dollar we ever got back from the government. So at $36M/year and 100 time-nuts thats $36,000 a year to each of us. Finally a reason to have been very happy about taxes and LORAN C!!!! And by-god tax free no less. Or should I have declared that??? On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:44 AM, J. L. Trantham <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
