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Is Celestial Nav Worth the Effort?
"Shen44" wrote: ubject: Is Celestial Nav Worth the Effort? From: "Lady Pilot" xing Date: 09/07/2003 15:24 Pacific Standard Time Message-id: "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 |
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