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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Before GPS There Was LORAN

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Before GPS There Was LORAN

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

We found it nostalgic to watch [ve3iku] fire up an old Loran-A receiver and, as you can see in the video below, he got it working. If you aren’t familiar with LORAN, it was a common radio nav…

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well there are no coffee shops in the middle of the ocean…
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  So here’s my pitch…
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    I call it Starducks
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      For some, middle of the ocean can be a bit hard to reach. So I suggest a location of sister chains closer to the customer. I call it
      
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  I thought it was called Hawaii
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  What, haven’t heard of Dunkin’ Donuts?
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  … but would you like a cup of sea?

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