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| From | Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: Loran-C radio navigation |
| Date | 2014-01-13 17:22 +0000 |
| Organization | Hidecs Consultancy |
| Message-ID | <bjilmvF6ie6U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <lb0ddm$ihr$1@newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401131102590.64416@yoko.controlq.com> |
Spam@ControlQ.com wrote: > > > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2014, Matthias Koch wrote: > >> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:54:55 +0100 >> From: Matthias Koch <matthias.koch@hot.uni-hannover.de> >> Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth >> Subject: Loran-C radio navigation >> >> I wish to a announce a software defined Loran-C longwave radio navigation >> receiver running on STM32F407 ! It is written in Forth with pieces of >> assembler. If you happen to live somewhere on earth with Loran-C signal >> coverage like Europe and parts of Asia, I would like to get in contact >> with you for beta testing out in the wild. >> >> The first experimental release is available now on download section on >> http://mecrisp.sourceforge.net/ >> >> Best wishes, >> Matthias >> > > Matthias, > > As hard as I try to get excited about this, most of the Loran stations in > North America have been deprecated in favour of GPS technology. As it > was, navigation by air in particular by Loran was fraught with problems, > and ironically, there was a couple of bad regions which overlapped the > great lakes, with respect to surface navigation by ship. > > Still, it is interesting to know that there are places in the world where > Loran-C remains viable. I was unaware. > > Cheers, > Rob. There is a list of Loran-C transmitters on Wikipedia (not sure how up to date it is though). See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LORAN#List_of_LORAN-C_transmitters>. Might be able to help you out with the UK one (one of my former colleagues is involved in the Navigation Society). -- ******************************************************************** Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET.....<email://Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> Forth based HIDECS Consultancy.............<http://www.hidecs.co.uk> Mob: +44 (0)7811-639972 Tel: +44 (0)1235-510979 Going Forth Safely ..... EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk.. ********************************************************************
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Loran-C radio navigation Matthias Koch <matthias.koch@hot.uni-hannover.de> - 2014-01-13 10:54 +0100
Re: Loran-C radio navigation Spam@ControlQ.com - 2014-01-13 11:06 -0500
Re: Loran-C radio navigation Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-01-13 17:22 +0000
Re: Loran-C radio navigation Matthias Koch <matthias.koch@hot.uni-hannover.de> - 2014-01-14 12:19 +0100
Re: Loran-C radio navigation Matthias Koch <matthias.koch@hot.uni-hannover.de> - 2014-01-14 12:26 +0100
Re: Loran-C radio navigation Spam@ControlQ.com - 2014-01-14 11:39 -0500
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