Comment on FCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’.

SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Probably E-LORAN. It’s ground based and transmits significantly more power than GPS. That makes it harder to jam, especially over a wide area.

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  • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s a joke, since GLONASS is the Russian system. E-LORAN would be ironic, considering that the U.S. demolished its LORAN infrastructure around 2009. What are the odds that the best backup just happens to be Starlink?

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  • xia@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I was going to comment on the +/-8m accuracy being a let-down, but apparently that’s the accuracy of GPS too.

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