Government subsidy, like letting them use the frequency?
On 3/1/2012 8:09 PM, Charles P. Steinmetz 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
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