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Loran: Long Range Navigation

Loran is a terrestrial radio navigation system that allows ships and aircraft to determine their position and speed from low frequency radio signals transmitted by fixed land-based beacons. The most recent version, LORAN-C, operates between 90-110 kHz and was used by several countries including the US, Japan, and Europe. While Loran is being replaced by GPS, there have been attempts to enhance and reintroduce Loran as a backup to GPS and other satellite navigation systems.

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Loran: Long Range Navigation

Loran is a terrestrial radio navigation system that allows ships and aircraft to determine their position and speed from low frequency radio signals transmitted by fixed land-based beacons. The most recent version, LORAN-C, operates between 90-110 kHz and was used by several countries including the US, Japan, and Europe. While Loran is being replaced by GPS, there have been attempts to enhance and reintroduce Loran as a backup to GPS and other satellite navigation systems.

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LORAN

LongRangeNavigation

Loran
aterrestrialradionavigationsystemwhich
enablesshipsandaircraftto
determinetheirpositionandspeedfromlow
frequencyradiosignals
transmittedbyfixedlandbasedradiobeacons

Mostrecentversion
LORAN-C,
operatesinthelowfrequency(LF)portionof
theradiospectrumfrom90to110kHz.

Manynationshaveusedthesystem,
includingtheUnitedStates,Japan,and
severalEuropeancountries.
Russiausesanearlyidenticalsystemin
thesamefrequencyrange,called
CHAYKA.

SteepDecline
GlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)being
theprimaryreplacement.
attemptstoenhanceandre-popularize
LORAN,mainlytoserveasabackupand
land-basedalternativetoGPSandother
satellitenavigationsystems.

History
anAmericandevelopment
advancingthetechnologyoftheBritish
GEEradionavigationsystemthatwas
usedearlyinWorldWarII
originallyknownas"LRN"forLoomis
RadioNavigation
afterAlfredLeeLoomis,whoinventedthe
longerrangesystem

Gee(navigation)
thecodenamegiventoaradionavigation
systemusedbytheRoyalAirForceduring
WorldWarII.
thefirsthyperbolicnavigationsystemtobe
usedoperationally.
GeewasdevisedbyRobertDippy

Principle
basedonmeasuringthetimedifference
betweenthereceiptofsignalsfromapair
ofradiotransmitters.
Agivenconstanttimedifferencebetween
thesignalsfromthetwostationscanbe
representedbyahyperboliclineof
position(LOP).

Principlecont.
Ifthepositionsofthetwosynchronized
stationsareknown,thenthepositionof
thereceivercanbedeterminedasbeing
somewhereonaparticularhyperbolic
curvewherethetimedifferencebetween
thereceivedsignalsisconstant.

LORAN chains (GRIs)


GroupRepetitionInterval
whenmultipliedbyten,giveshowmany
microsecondspassbetweenpulsesfrom
agivenstationinthechain.
commonmarinenauticalchartsinclude
visiblerepresentationsofTD(timedelay)
linesatregularintervalsoverwaterareas.

Timingandsynchronization
Uptothreecommercialcesiumatomic
clocksareusedtogenerate5MHzand
pulsepersecond(or1Hz)signals

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