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Could AI-Fueled Amateur Radio Rebuild Loran-C?

Could AI-Fueled Amateur Radio Rebuild Loran-C?

From : gcaptain.com on 2023-02-20

Loran-C was an incredibly reliable and accurate analog ground-based navigation system, operated by the US Coast Guard. Despite its impressive performance, it had some drawbacks, such as limited coverage, expensive infrastructure, and the need to maintain a large number of radio stations in remote areas. Now with concerns over GPS jamming and hacking should we consider rebuilding the United State's once robust system of Loran-C stations? With space savvy adversaries like Russia and China becoming increasingly aggressive the Department of Defense has started to reinvest in High Frequency communication systems. While the US Navy and US Coast Guard continue to have limited interest in terrestrial based radio, the US Air Force is investing heavily in "old" radio sytems. Just last year the US Air Force, in partnership with BAE Systems, awarded a contract to Ham Radio manufacturer FlexRadio to return HF radio to the cockpits of it's aircraft and Ukraine is using ham radios to communicate behind enemy lines. What's old is new again but rebuilding the entire Loran system would require puchasing land, running millions of miles of cable, installation of new radio infrastructure, and training of personnel to operate and maintain the system. This cost would far exceed the few hundred million the USAF is investing in HF.

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