Go to www.loran.org, and click on the March 2004 Newsletter....the USCG and
FAA have signed onto an agreement to retain Loran C as a backup to GPS.

Bob Gardner

"Bob Gardner" > wrote in message news:<kkzkc.5451$AV4.143245@attbi_s04>...
> Go to www.loran.org, and click on the March 2004 Newsletter....the USCG and
> FAA have signed onto an agreement to retain Loran C as a backup to GPS.
>
> Bob Gardner

Small world. I went to an interesting talk at a NASA conference last
week <http://spacecom.grc.nasa.gov/icnsconf/2004/NASA_ICNS_Conf_2004_Agenda.pdf>
on GPS/Loran. The co-author gave the presentation and interstingly
enough is the president of ILA and is also from Locus. The SatMate
1030 <http://www.locusinc.com/satmate.html> (spec:
<http://www.locusinc.com/pdf/2004SatMate1030Sheet%20with%20Logo.pdf> )
is the unit they're prototyping for aviation applications. There's a
definite push to not only retain Loran but also to bring it into the
digital age ;)

Regards,
Jon

Must have been Dr. Linn Roth. It's coming, for sure.

Bob

"Jon Parmet" > wrote in message
om...
> "Bob Gardner" > wrote in message
news:<kkzkc.5451$AV4.143245@attbi_s04>...
> > Go to www.loran.org, and click on the March 2004 Newsletter....the USCG
and
> > FAA have signed onto an agreement to retain Loran C as a backup to GPS.
> >
> > Bob Gardner
>
> Small world. I went to an interesting talk at a NASA conference last
> week
<http://spacecom.grc.nasa.gov/icnsconf/2004/NASA_ICNS_Conf_2004_Agenda.pdf>
> on GPS/Loran. The co-author gave the presentation and interstingly
> enough is the president of ILA and is also from Locus. The SatMate
> 1030 <http://www.locusinc.com/satmate.html> (spec:
> <http://www.locusinc.com/pdf/2004SatMate1030Sheet%20with%20Logo.pdf> )
> is the unit they're prototyping for aviation applications. There's a
> definite push to not only retain Loran but also to bring it into the
> digital age ;)
>
> Regards,
> Jon

"Bob Gardner" > wrote in message news:<Sbulc.16791$IG1.582022@attbi_s04>...
> "Jon Parmet" > wrote in message
> om...
> > "Bob Gardner" > wrote in message
> news:<kkzkc.5451$AV4.143245@attbi_s04>...
> > > Go to www.loran.org, and click on the March 2004 Newsletter....the USCG
> and
> > > FAA have signed onto an agreement to retain Loran C as a backup to GPS.
> > >
> > > Bob Gardner
> >
> > Small world. I went to an interesting talk at a NASA conference last
> > week
> <http://spacecom.grc.nasa.gov/icnsconf/2004/NASA_ICNS_Conf_2004_Agenda.pdf>
> > on GPS/Loran. The co-author gave the presentation and interstingly
> > enough is the president of ILA and is also from Locus. The SatMate
> > 1030 <http://www.locusinc.com/satmate.html> (spec:
> > <http://www.locusinc.com/pdf/2004SatMate1030Sheet%20with%20Logo.pdf> )
> > is the unit they're prototyping for aviation applications. There's a
> > definite push to not only retain Loran but also to bring it into the
> > digital age ;)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jon
> Must have been Dr. Linn Roth. It's coming, for sure.
>
> Bob

Yep. Good presenter and a nice guy, too. I'm not a LORAN guy by any
means, but he mentioned that a 9th pulse is being added. My
understanding is that it's a requirement for timing now that any
station has the potential to be a Master.

Regards,
Jon