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Is there any reason not to throw a Loran norhstar M1 in the trash???

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Lou : If you can find at least 3 Loran stations that still transmit I would still throw it in the trash . I just bought an I FLY 520 GPS for $385 as a back up to my I FLY 720 GPS . We used the Loran as a back up to our INS unit in the Navy C-9B . It was a pain as we usually only got 2-3 stations to get a fix . I was a "good" back up to the INS to get us across the Pacific or the Atlantic . I FLY GPS works great and you get all the TAC, Sectionals , airport updates, etc. for the entire US for $69.00 a year .

RB

Loran today is as useful as consolan.

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Bob Highley
N711SH
SN 835
KLAL

Send it to Washington, will fit in with the rest of the non functional stuff......Dan

Don't throw it away!! Use it to prop up your iPad with Foreflight.

Cast aside, like o so many women

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WOW ! For once I was right ! Dan you are right . Washington (DC no pun on current) doesn't have enough voltage to power up the unit !

RB

Nope. Can't think of one.

1. The Republic of Kalifornia would most likely frown upon recyclable material being place in the trash.

2. It will make a great paper weight to keep the pile of papers on your desk from cascading to the floor.

3. It would be a great conversation piece as part of the decorations in the bottom of the fish tank.

4. You can bring it to the Arlington fly-in next year and put it in the fly mart, there was a similar unit there this year with a $75 price tag, don't know if it sold or not.

Note: Dan is refering to the other Washington.

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Bruce Finney
N18JF T-18C #262
Yelm, WA USA

Bring it to the next KVIS Fly In and give it away as a door prize ! Or set it out on the ramp and Dan can set us up with firearms to put it out of it's misery !

RB

Boom!........Dan

I've told this story before... right around 1991, I replaced my 360 channel nav-com with a KY97A. I needed nav, and was very taken with the new-fangled Garmin GPS-100. Several knowledgable friends tried in vain to convince me I should invest in a Loran unit ("The government will shut that GPS system down whenever they want to - stick with Loran!"). After enjoying the GPS for a couple of years, and when everyone else seemed to be jumping on the "GPS bandwagon", I felt pretty smart.
I still like my "steam gauges" though.

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John Evens
Arvada, Colorado
T-18 N71JE (sold)
Kitfox 7 SS N27JE