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Loran C

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

C. Powell  and
A. R. Woods
C. Powell
Affiliation:
(The Decca Navigator Company)
A. R. Woods
Affiliation:
(The Decca Navigator Company)
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Extract

The Loran C radio position-fixing system has been described in technical detail at international conferences and elsewhere. This paper tries to convey the general ‘feel’ of the system and its characteristics and to indicate, with as few irrelevancies as possible, what sort of process makes the two readout counters go round and give the navigator his position fix. The equipment to which the paper refers is the AN/SPN-31 marine Loran C receiver, which was designed and produced by Decca to a U.S. Bureau of Ships specification. Individual makes of Loran C set differ in various ways, but SPN-31 will serve for illustrative purposes.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 1966 , pp. 484 - 502
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1966

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REFERENCE

1Pierce, J. A. (1964). An introduction to hyperbolic navigation with particular reference to Loran. J. Instn elect. Engrs, 93, 243–50.Google Scholar