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Before GPS There Was LORAN

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Before GPS There Was LORAN

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We found it nostalgic to watch [ve3iku] fire up an old Loran-A receiver and, as you can see in the video below, he got it working. If you aren’t familiar with LORAN, it was a common radio nav…

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… with an accuracy of tens of miles

Probably not an alternative if you need walking directions to the coffee shop, then.
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  well there are no coffee shops in the middle of the ocean…
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    I thought it was called Hawaii
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    So here’s my pitch…
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      I call it Starducks

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