lilbeardy Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) I was just wondering how to convert GPS coords to LORAN coords, for better accuracy and for caching. My LORAN is a Voyager SportNav. Also, I cant find any PDF manuals. And I can't find the companys webpage either. Edited January 19, 2013 by lilbeardy Quote Link to comment
alandb Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Are you using this outside of North America? I admittedly don't know much about LORAN but remember reading in other forums about it being shut down some time back. According to Wikipedia: "The current LORAN system has been phased out in the United States and Canada. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) ceased transmitting LORAN-C (and joint CHAYKA) signals in 2010." Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I'd be surprised if there aren't any manuals out there, but it does sound like you have a museum piece on your hands. Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I was just wondering how to convert GPS coords to LORAN coords, for better accuracy and for caching. My LORAN is a Voyager SportNav. Also, I cant find any PDF manuals. And I can't find the companys webpage either. LORAN is not going to give you better accuracy. Not by a long shot. The best accuracy ever achieved by LORAN stations was 500 ns, which corresponds to a 500-foot position error. Quote Link to comment
lilbeardy Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Are you using this outside of North America? I admittedly don't know much about LORAN but remember reading in other forums about it being shut down some time back. According to Wikipedia: "The current LORAN system has been phased out in the United States and Canada. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) ceased transmitting LORAN-C (and joint CHAYKA) signals in 2010." I am using this one mainly in minnesnowta or the midwest Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I am using this one mainly in minnesnowta or the midwest Sorry, all you have is an interesting and non-functional museum piece. Effective 2000 UTC 8 February 2010, the United States Coast Guard terminated all operation and broadcast of LORAN-C signals in the USA. The transmission of Canadian LORAN-C signals was terminated on 3 August 2010. I hope you didn't pay too much for it. Quote Link to comment
lilbeardy Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 I am using this one mainly in minnesnowta or the midwest Sorry, all you have is an interesting and non-functional museum piece. Effective 2000 UTC 8 February 2010, the United States Coast Guard terminated all operation and broadcast of LORAN-C signals in the USA. The transmission of Canadian LORAN-C signals was terminated on 3 August 2010. I hope you didn't pay too much for it. I got it on ebay for 5 bucks Quote Link to comment
+Kryten Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I too thought LORAN was dead until I read recently that eLORAN is now the official backup navigation system to be used during GPS outages when docking cross channel ferries in Dover - England. Quote Link to comment
alandb Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) I read that too. But I don't think it will help lilbeardy much in Minnesota Edited January 22, 2013 by alandb Quote Link to comment
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