We found it nostalgic to watch [ve3iku] fire up an old Loran-A receiver and, as you can see in the video below, he got it working. If you aren’t familiar with LORAN, it was a common radio nav…
  • mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I rather say before GPS there was Transit (aka NAVSAT). Which was the father GNSS system of GPS.

    LORAN is ground based so it’s like comparing apples with oranges, yes they are fruits.

    GPS is a satellite system while LORAN is not.