Eloran is compatible with the older timing rcvrs. Or at least it was supposed to be. Now the message suggests that they will try other modulation modes. I couldn't find anything really further then what was sent. I did hook the longwire directly to the austron so far no lock and I am less then 70 miles from the Nantucket site. Will keep trying Regards Paul
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Bob Camp <li...@rtty.us> wrote: > Hi > > The obvious advantage to backwards compatibility would be much greater > coverage area. It is a bit tough to envision them getting a reasonable user > population with a 100% from scratch approach. Indeed that may be wishful > thinking. > > Bob > > > > On Mar 1, 2012, at 8:09 PM, "Charles P. Steinmetz" < > charles_steinm...@lavabit.com> wrote: > > > Greg wrote: > > > >> A friend in Texas has confirmed that Loran signals are now up and > receivers are showing position. I am including a note from UrsaNav > regarding this event. > > > > What are the odds that any long-term deployment would be > backward-compatible with legacy Loran receivers (not the same as the > initial tests being backward-compatible)? The primary revenue stream would > appear to be from sales of new receivers that use patented technology > (unless the government wants to get back into the business of subsidizing > Loran, which it just vacated -- not very likely). Cynical, maybe, but it > is always a good idea to keep an eye on the money. I suppose they could > make the enhancements transparent to legacy receivers, so you would buy new > receivers if you needed the enhancements but could also use older receivers > if you didn't. But would they? There does not appear to be an incentive > to do so, absent a government subsidy. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Charles > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.