Well, with a loran, they wouldn't have to worry about
giving away the exact location.

"Lady Pilot" wrote in message
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"Shen44" wrote:
ubject: Is Celestial Nav Worth the Effort?
From: "Lady Pilot" xing
Date: 09/07/2003 15:24 Pacific Standard Time
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote:
Vito wrote:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

"Simple Simon" wrote
GPS ain't never going down for the count. ...

Until you sail into an area that's been suppressed.

Ah ... er ... where's that? N.Y.? Gay Bay? ???

You do know that the military dithers the signal wherever and
whenever
it
likes.

Of course, it's our GPS and we can do with it what we like.

I regularly traverse a large area with no coverage whatsoever.

Yeah, I told my Uncle Bush to turn them off on you. ;-p

LP


Not to dis anyone about GPS, but more and more, I'm seeing articles
about the
return/upgrading of Loran, to cover some of the potential problems
with GPS
degradation and signal interference ..... EG don't throw those Loran
receivers away.......yet......

Shen

Well, Shen, I'm going to confess a little secret here. When I first
started flying in the early '80s, we had a Loran in our Piper Cherokee
Arrow. My flight instructor was a FI in WWII teaching the P-38 etc.,
but I digress...(long story, back to the subject)

Anyway, my friend who is a Scuba and Skydiving pro with a past Marine
secret clearance told me that he went to lunch with the inventor of the
Loran and they were not allowed to give the *exact* location for
security reasons. You should be aware that if I walk out of my house at
anytime, they can read the time on my watch if they *want* to... and
some times they do! hehee

LP