LORAN - An electronic instrument using radio waves from various stations to find one's position. The LORAN system is being replaced by the GPS system and will be obsolete in a few years. Many LORAN stations have already stopped providing service.
You do not need a license to use marine VHF radios, any type of EPIRB, any type of radar, GPS or LORAN receivers, depth finders, CB radio, or amateur radio (an amateur license is required).
Long Range Aid to Navigation (LORAN) - Pairs of Radio beacons that has a distance of 800 Miles. Difference in receiving time of each signal indicates your line of position ...
 See also: List, Boat, Log, Hull, Current
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