The Decca Navigator System was a hyperbolic radio navigation system that allowed ships and aircraft to determine their position by using radio signals...
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book by Jessica Mitford Decca Navigator System, a defunct marine and aeronautical navigation system Decca Radar, later Racal-Decca Marine, a defunct marine...
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Hyperbolic navigation (section Decca Navigator)
Air Force for use by RAF Bomber Command. This was followed by the Decca Navigator System in 1944 by the Royal Navy, along with LORAN by the US Navy for long-range...
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commercial ventures after the war, in particular, the Decca Navigator System, and the Decca Radar company. Decca Radar launched its first marine radar, the 159...
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accurate than the timing system used by the master/secondary stations. By this time the Loran-C and Decca Navigator systems were dominant in the medium-range...
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g., Gee, Sonne (a.k.a. Consol), LORAN(-A and -C), Decca Navigator System and Omega Navigation System) that significantly reduced the need for positioning...
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of ships and aircraft. Examples are the Decca Navigator System and LORAN. Nowadays, local positioning systems are often used as complementary (and in...
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the development of the Decca Navigator System and the company's subsequent expansion to become a leader in maritime radar systems. He later worked for Plessey...
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radio navigation system operated on 100 kHz. In the past, the Decca Navigator System operated between 70 kHz and 129 kHz. The last Decca chains were closed...
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Differential GPS (redirect from Differential Global Positioning System)
and Ireland, the system was implemented as a maritime navigation aid to fill the gap left by the demise of the Decca Navigator System in 2000. With a network...
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