There is a system in the UK that already does that and used digital TV as well I believe. The accurate nav is only really needed in coastal water and the phones cover most of those. Ain't many trees in the middle of the ocean either John, but we are working on it as a disguse for deep sea oil drilling platforms :-))
Alan G3NYK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Darlington" <rdarling...@gmail.com> To: <les...@veenstras.com>; "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] LORAN C shutdown Triangulate with cell phone towers? ;) On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Lester Veenstra <m0...@veenstras.com> wrote: > Sextant and chronometer, of course! > > > Lester B Veenstra MØYCM K1YCM > les...@veenstras.com > m0...@veenstras.com > k1...@veenstras.com > > > US Postal Address: > PSC 45 Box 781 > APO AE 09468 USA > > UK Postal Address: > Dawn Cottage > Norwood, Harrogate > HG3 1SD, UK > > Telephones: > Office: +44-(0)1423-846-385 > Home: +44-(0)1943-880-963 > Guam Cell: +1-671-788-5654 > UK Cell: +44-(0)7716-298-224 > US Cell: +1-240-425-7335 > Jamaica: +1-876-352-7504 > > This e-mail and any documents attached hereto contain confidential or > privileged information. The information is intended to be for use only by > the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the > intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to > the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution > or use of the contents of this e-mail or any documents attached hereto is > prohibited. > > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On > Behalf Of Eric Garner > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 10:26 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] LORAN C shutdown > > So what are ships/planes supposed to if/when satellite navigation > becomes unreliable or unavailable ? > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:14 PM, J. Forster <j...@quik.com> wrote: > > The Congress is UTTERLY CLUELESS. It's supposed to shut down Jan 4, 2010. > > > > See: > > > > > http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/Homeland_Security_FY10_Conference.pdf > > > > -John > > > > =============== > > > > > > > >> Anybody looking to buy an Austron 2000c ? Any takers? Any? > >> > >> > >> -Bob > >> > >> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:01 PM, paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Alan > >>> Very sorry if I grabbed your thread. I thought I changed the header > >>> > >>> I finally found it in the senate votes this weekend. > >>> The house and senate voted to shut it down and the president signed it. > >>> (We will save .00002% of the budget) > >>> The USCG and DHS said they had no need. > >>> It was very hard to find, its not on the uscg or megapulse site > >>> > >>> Changed the header but maybe you can't start threads that way. > >>> I sure would like to be very very wrong on this subject. > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Paul. > >>> PS one day I will figure out why the reply says me > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > >>> To unsubscribe, go to > >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >>> and follow the instructions there. > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > >> To unsubscribe, go to > >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >> and follow the instructions there. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > > -- > --Eric > _________________________________________ > Eric Garner > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
