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MIT Rad Lab personnel built the first few experimental transmitters in their shop. The same team members later to get early loran stations for the North Atlantic Chain erected ond on the air. in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Labrador and Greenland. and supervised their installation of (Station 1 through 4) tbv of the first few loran stations and erected | MIT Rad Lab personnel built the first few experimental transmitters in their shop. The same team members later to get early loran stations for the North Atlantic Chain erected ond on the air. in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Labrador and Greenland. and supervised their installation of (Station 1 through 4) tbv of the first few loran stations and erected | ||
Rad Lab was able to step away after loran was running on a solid foundation. By 1945 the Rad Lab program was terminated. | Rad Lab was able to step away after loran was running on a solid foundation. By 1945 the Rad Lab program was terminated. | ||
Jack Pierce's epic article published by the IEEE in 1946 is the prime source for the information here. | Jack Pierce's epic article published by the IEEE in 1946 is the prime source for the information here. | ||
THE LORAN PROJECT WAS A GREAT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ACCOMPLISHMENT. | THE LORAN PROJECT WAS A GREAT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ACCOMPLISHMENT. | ||
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Refer to Pierce article | Refer to Pierce article | ||
INSERT IMAGE HERE showing the extent of coverage in 5 years of effort... 1946. | INSERT IMAGE HERE showing the extent of coverage in 5 years of effort... 1946. | ||
LORAN first signal began transmissions during the summer 1941. New LORAN transmitting stations were added around the Atlantic coast throughout WW2 and the continental United States. The LORAN-C system became obsolete, replaced by GPS navigation system and the LORAN system was terminated in a special ceremony orchestrated by USGC Washington headquarters in 8 February 2010.theHow the LORAN project was initiated, organized and managed is very interested, if not note worthy. | LORAN first signal began transmissions during the summer 1941. New LORAN transmitting stations were added around the Atlantic coast throughout WW2 and the continental United States. The LORAN-C system became obsolete, replaced by GPS navigation system and the LORAN system was terminated in a special ceremony orchestrated by USGC Washington headquarters in 8 February 2010.theHow the LORAN project was initiated, organized and managed is very interested, if not note worthy. | ||
Rapid construction under extreme weather conditions. System operation by operators from different nations: US, Canada and Denmark. Collaborative effort. MIT Lab was initially responsible for the entire program, but under close hands-on direction of the USCG. USGC's role increased. | Rapid construction under extreme weather conditions. System operation by operators from different nations: US, Canada and Denmark. Collaborative effort. MIT Lab was initially responsible for the entire program, but under close hands-on direction of the USCG. USGC's role increased. | ||
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Alexander A. McKenzie, “LORAN-THE LATEST IN NAVIGATIONAL AIDS,” QST, Part I , vol. 29. pp. 12-16. December, 1945; part 2. vol. 30, pp. 54-57. January, 1946; part 3, vol. 30, pp, 62-65, February, 1946 | Alexander A. McKenzie, “LORAN-THE LATEST IN NAVIGATIONAL AIDS,” QST, Part I , vol. 29. pp. 12-16. December, 1945; part 2. vol. 30, pp. 54-57. January, 1946; part 3, vol. 30, pp, 62-65, February, 1946 | ||
_|a5= | _|a5=The gee system (dippy) operated on the same but ultra -high frequency principal. | ||
The gee system | |||
Engineering projects of this magnitude required money, technology, staff, and ... | Engineering projects of this magnitude required money, technology, staff, and ... | ||
Pierce acknowledges the existance of the British gee system under development in the early 1940s. Gee operated on the same principal. He also acknowledges that "Loran copied gee's concepts rather than techniques and may be said to have been invented in America in the sense in which Galileo is said to have invented the telescope". | Pierce acknowledges the existance of the British gee system under development in the early 1940s. Gee operated on the same principal. He also acknowledges that "Loran copied gee's concepts rather than techniques and may be said to have been invented in America in the sense in which Galileo is said to have invented the telescope". | ||
The speed in which the loran system of navigation was researched, designed, developed, constructed, placed into operations, manned 24/7 by radio technicians at isolated regions of the globe, is hard to explain. Even for a well-funded wartime crash program. Authors of this milestone proposal are not aware of anything similar to loran. | The speed in which the loran system of navigation was researched, designed, developed, constructed, placed into operations, manned 24/7 by radio technicians at isolated regions of the globe, is hard to explain. Even for a well-funded wartime crash program. Authors of this milestone proposal are not aware of anything similar to loran. | ||
The proposal covers the time period between 1940 to 1946, i.e. the very beginning of loran. That period was especially awesome, noteworthy. | The proposal covers the time period between 1940 to 1946, i.e. the very beginning of loran. That period was especially awesome, noteworthy. | ||
Offer the following websites can explain history ..history | Offer the following websites can explain history ..history | ||
No electrical engineering effort / program has ever been set up and organized with such lasting .. with such reach as this .. | No electrical engineering effort / program has ever been set up and organized with such lasting .. with such reach as this .. | ||
HOLD There was nothing like loran. Loran transmitters Loran was first to be of service. | |||
Pierce explains how the first air-borne and sea-borne trails had been so successful as to convince both the US Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy.The rest is history. | Pierce explains how the first air-borne and sea-borne trails had been so successful as to convince both the US Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy.The rest is history. | ||
By 1 October 1942 a chain of four loran transmitting stations in the US and Nova Scotia were on the air. Loran receivers began to be shipped and installed on selected naval vessels and a group of radio technicians were sent to training schools in Cambridge. | By 1 October 1942 a chain of four loran transmitting stations in the US and Nova Scotia were on the air. Loran receivers began to be shipped and installed on selected naval vessels and a group of radio technicians were sent to training schools in Cambridge. | ||
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