FW: Remember LORAN? It may be coming back.

[Nan and Sandy Sanders]

It looks like Morse code may not be dead in the Navy but with a twist.
    http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a27391/us-navy-morse-code-software/ 

Celestial Navigation has sort of just come back.
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/22/467210492/u-s-navy-brings-back-navigation-by-the-stars-for-officers 

      Sandy
     WB5MMB


At 07:49 PM 8/7/2017, William Fenn wrote:
>Has anyone thought of what would happen in the 
>event of war?  One of the first things to 
>disappear would be satellites and this lead to 
>ships bumping into each other.  With this in 
>mind “old world methods such as watchers in 
>“Crow’s Nest” and sextants” may become 
>very important” since GPS receivers might not 
>work.  Who knows, we may even need to resurrect 
>radio operators and the Morse code.Â
>
>
>From: Tacos 
>[mailto:tacos-bounces+wfenn4=verizon.net at amrad.org] 
>On Behalf Of Richard O'Neill
>Sent: Monday, August 07, 2017 4:00 PM
>To: tacos at amrad.org
>Subject: Re: Remember LORAN? It may be coming back.
>
>  Apparently not anytime soon.
>
>  "Despite plans to implement eLoran 
> <https://rntfnd.org/wp-content/uploads/NSPD-39-Fact-Sheet.pdf>dating 
> back to the Bush administration in 2004, it has 
> been stymied by a mixture of cost (an expensive 
> network of transmitters that serve only shipping) and political inertia."
>
>  In the meantime we could employ old world 
> methods such as watchers in 'Crow's Nests' and sextants. :-P
>
>Anon
>
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