[time-nuts] The Demise of LORAN (was Re: Reference oscillator accuracy)

[J. Forster]

> bg at lysator.liu.se wrote:
>> John,
>>
>>> If a LORAN transmitter were destroyed by a terrorist team, a backup
>>> could
>>> be in operation in hours. A damaged GPS system could easily take many
>>> months or even years to fix.
>>>
>>> -John

The military have air deployable radio trucks. A LORAN station could be
built into a few trailers, including generator, clocks, and transmitter.
There are also fielded deployable masts.

Such a station could be deployed rapidly. It would not have as powerful
signal as the original station, but would, IMO, be fully functional.

-John



>>
>> A LORAN site, with a several hundred meter high mast, a small house full
>> of transmitter, signal generation and Cs clock(s?)... on a remote
>> Norwegian island... would not be back online within a few hours after an
>> attack.
>
> Regardless of location, it will take some time to restore functionality.
> About a year maybe.