Another reason
 

Charlie Morgan wrote:

Another reason why sailors should not become overly reliant on any one
method of navigation...

http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/tech/dn10189-solar-flares-will-disrupt-gps-in-2011.html

CWM

I was just given a state of the art LORAN system, guess I've got 4 years
to install it!

Cheers
Marty

Another reason
 

Martin Baxter wrote:
Charlie Morgan wrote:
Another reason why sailors should not become overly reliant on any one
method of navigation...

http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/tech/dn10189-solar-flares-will-disrupt-gps-in-2011.html

CWM

I was just given a state of the art LORAN system, guess I've got 4 years
to install it!

Cheers
Marty
I thought they were going to dump out the LORAN signals....

Another reason
 

katy wrote:

Martin Baxter wrote:
? Charlie Morgan wrote:
?? Another reason why sailors should not become overly reliant on any one
?? method of navigation...
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?? ?http://www.newscientisttech.com/chan...-in-2011.html?
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?? CWM
?
? I was just given a state of the art LORAN system, guess I've got 4 years
? to install it!
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? Cheers
? Marty
I thought they were going to dump out the LORAN signals....

I've read that a few times too... possibly as early as 2007. This seems
a shame as so many are (foolishly in my opinion), depending on GPS
almost exclusively.

Cheers
Marty