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Re: Keep the loran

Posted By: Walter Kaprielian
Date: Thursday, 16 December 2004, at 12:23 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Keep the loran (Capt. Dave Kosh)

The big argument has always been the need for some level of redundancy in case of a catostrophic failure. That's why the Loran system was not shut down as was originally scheduled a few years back.
Another thing no one seems to tell us when we buy our high priced instruments is that there IS an internal battery that needs to be changed every 5 years or so. My Northstar 952 color Plotter went into first-time startup mode one day 3 years after purchase. Didn't understand why and found out that my internal battery had prematurely died. The bad news is I lost all my waypoints and fish markings.
Paper record everything you put in as backup. Walter

Messages In This Thread

Keep the loran
Vic Roy -- Wednesday, 15 December 2004, at 9:34 p.m.

Re: Keep the loran
Capt. Dave Kosh -- Thursday, 16 December 2004, at 10:01 a.m.

Re: Keep the loran
Walter Kaprielian -- Thursday, 16 December 2004, at 12:23 p.m.

Re: Keep the loran
Vic Roy -- Thursday, 16 December 2004, at 3:10 p.m.

Re: Keep the loran
Rawleigh -- Thursday, 16 December 2004, at 4:29 p.m.

Re: Keep the loran
Capt. Dick Dean -- Thursday, 16 December 2004, at 5:09 p.m.

Re: Keep the loran
bruce -- Thursday, 16 December 2004, at 7:11 p.m.

Re: Keep the loran
Harv -- Thursday, 16 December 2004, at 8:06 p.m.

Re: Keep the loran
Capt. Dave Kosh -- Friday, 17 December 2004, at 12:30 p.m.