Hi Rich,
A most interesting and potentially vital article. Until I read this, I
thought all the chatter about maintaining Loran was just from the same
school of sailors who insist that you need an Astrolabe, two sextants, and
tables for doing "Lunars".

We have occasionally lost our GPS signal when we went past the military
installation on Ballast Point in San Diego. Talking to a former nuclear
engineer on a submarine, he informed me that the high intensity radar blasts
at that point could well have overloaded our GPS receiver and caused it to
shut down and/or lose fixes. We recently changed to a more recent model of
GPS, and have not yet noticed those problems. I will never know if it was
due to failing parts in the old GPS, or if it was indeed due to the high
intensity radar.
regards,
Harvey

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Cassano" <rcassano@optonline.net>
To: "Baba-L" <baba-l@ballreich.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 7:58 AM
Subject: [Baba-L] eLoran - Back to the Future

> Here is a link to an interesting article. It seems the EU has no faith in
> GPS as the GPS satellites are now vulnerable. A new eLoran system is in
> the planning stages in both Europe and the USA. I'm sure the US gov will
> look to establish a system totally different from the rest of the world so
> mariners will have to shell out more money to buy a separate US eLoran for
> local waters.
>
> This is a topic worth keeping an eye on.
>
> http://www.fcw.com/article97163-12-19-06-Web
>
> Rich Cassano, (with too much time on my hands today)
>

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