We found it nostalgic to watch [ve3iku] fire up an old Loran-A receiver and, as you can see in the video below, he got it working. If you aren’t familiar with LORAN, it was a common radio nav…
That was LORAN-A. It would get your ship close enough that you could see your destination. LORAN-C was comparable to GPS with selective availability enabled. eLORAN will be almost as good as GPS.
Probably not an alternative if you need walking directions to the coffee shop, then.
well there are no coffee shops in the middle of the ocean…
So here’s my pitch…
I call it Starducks
For some, middle of the ocean can be a bit hard to reach. So I suggest a location of sister chains closer to the customer. I call it
Tim Shoreton’s
I thought it was called Hawaii
What, haven’t heard of Dunkin’ Donuts?
… but would you like a cup of sea?
That was LORAN-A. It would get your ship close enough that you could see your destination. LORAN-C was comparable to GPS with selective availability enabled. eLORAN will be almost as good as GPS.