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[–] vaprz@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

What if we built a system of beacon transmitters that sent out pulses and then used recievers that would compare arrival times of those pulses to make a measurement, thus establishing positional location?

We could call it the Long Range something or other. I’m open to suggestions. Need a catchy name!

[–] Leeks@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] splinter@lemm.ee 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They’re describing LORAN.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Oh, so that's what that saucer is for.