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{{ProposalEdit|a1=LORAN|a2a=Cambridge MA|a2b=Boston Section|a3=1940 to 1945|a4=What exactly is being proposed? Not for any one single invention but for the design, development, building and launching of a near global radio navigation system in the 1940s,that originated from Cambridge Massachusetts, that helped turn the course of the war in Europe and in the Pacific, that Within a matter of years, a complex radio navigation system called loran went on the air to create e a network for ship- borne navigators to find their way across the North Atlantic. Using the same technology,during the same period, the radio navigation system was extended for coverage in the Pacific Ocean. Loran was a totally new American system of navigation pressed into service during the 1940s used by thousands of navigators over three-tenths of te surface of the earth (1946). | {{ProposalEdit|a1=LORAN|a2a=Cambridge MA|a2b=Boston Section|a3=1940 to 1945|a4=What exactly is being proposed? Not for any one single invention but for the design, development, building and launching of a near global radio navigation system in the 1940s,that originated from Cambridge Massachusetts, that helped turn the course of the war in Europe and in the Pacific, that Within a matter of years, a complex radio navigation system called loran went on the air to create e a network for ship- borne navigators to find their way across the North Atlantic. Using the same technology,during the same period, the radio navigation system was extended for coverage in the Pacific Ocean. Loran was a totally new American system of navigation pressed into service during the 1940s used by thousands of navigators over three-tenths of te surface of the earth (1946). | ||
The Boston Section is proposing the Loran Milestone because the initial design and development of this unique system of radio navigation took place in Cambridge Massachusetts during 1940 to 1945. Scientific research, engineering, procurement of apparatus, field surveys, installation and testing transmitting equipment, training of technicians and operators, all were under the direction of persons working for the Radiation Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Their scope of work slowly decreased as loran stations came on line. By 1945, the Radiation Laboratory contract was terminated but work on loran continued by others. | The Boston Section is proposing the Loran Milestone because the initial design and development of this unique system of radio navigation took place in Cambridge Massachusetts during 1940 to 1945. Scientific research, engineering, procurement of apparatus, field surveys, installation and testing transmitting equipment, training of technicians and operators, all were under the direction of persons working for the Radiation Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Their scope of work slowly decreased as loran stations came on line. By 1945, the Radiation Laboratory contract was terminated but work on loran continued by others. | ||
This illustrates the coverage provided by loran in 1946: | This illustrates the coverage provided by loran in 1946: | ||
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Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. L.M. Harding|a6=engineering for 99% reliability & maintenance issues: | Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. L.M. Harding|a6=engineering for 99% reliability & maintenance issues: | ||
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Having to locate loran transmitters (North Atlantic Chain) in remote wilderness areas was a big problem. Getting supplies to isolated stations, crews, MIT | Having to locate loran transmitters (North Atlantic Chain) in remote wilderness areas was a big problem. Getting supplies to isolated stations, crews, MIT | ||
