"Del Cecchi" wrote in message
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"RB" wrote in message
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Does the length of a LORAN metal whip matter much? I recall a time when
I
found I didn't even have an antenna on my LORAN (years ago); just a coil
of
coax under the console, and it worked fine. So, can I stick just about
any
whip on the coupler and get good results? Or, is there some reasonant
length that is needed?

I'm putting a LORAN in my 18' cc, and want to use a short metal whip on
the
coupler, if that'll work OK.

Why on earth would you want LORAN? Is it even active anymore?


LORAN is alive, well, developing and expanding. Probably for the same
reasons that GLONASS exists and GALILEO is being planned. Not everyone is
enthusiastic about relying on a single US controlled system.

See http://www.loran.org/

I don't have a LORAN set, but it is somewhere on my wish list.

Graham