BBC News: WW2 technology 'Plan B' for GPS

[Mark Fancher]

Maybe the plan B for an INMARSAT outage would be to go back to the old Morse Code!  Oh, I can only dream . . . 

 

From: tacos-bounces+mark.fancher=twc.com at amrad.org [mailto:tacos-bounces+mark.fancher=twc.com at amrad.org] On Behalf Of William Fenn
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 12:01 PM
To: TACOS
Subject: FW: BBC News: WW2 technology 'Plan B' for GPS

 

Now Iain, what makes you think the press would practice EMEBLLISHMENT?  Oh yes, a little embellishment helps to sell papers (in this case internet article) and if you are caught you can always recant and blame it on your source.

 

On Sunday, November 2, 2014 10:40 AM Iain McFadyen said;

“Can anyone explain why, in the BBC article, it says...

 

"If we walk over here, this is the radar, and that's not working either."

 

Why would a GPS outage take down primary radar? It would affect the map overlay, but I contend that the primary radar would still function, giving display of coastline, ships and other objects large enough to return energy.

 

I can only think it is journalistic embellishment.

 

Iain”

 

 

 

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Andre Kesteloot <akesteloot at gmail.com> wrote:

 




WW2 technology 'Plan B' for GPS

Technology developed during World War Two is to be used as a back-up for GPS in ports across England and Scotland.

Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29758872




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André N4ICK​

 

 


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