FW: Remember LORAN? It may be coming back.

[Bill Danielson]

A friend is employed in what he calls "electro optics". Seeing the stars 
through clouds and during the daytime is technologically feasible, and 
probably being done to some degree already.

Bill


On 08/07/2017 10:46 PM, Nan and Sandy Sanders wrote:
> 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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