Loran stations

urn:mrn:iala:dic:4-4-0070

The transmitting stations whose positions define the two foci of a family of hyperbolic lines of position.

They are (1) a master station which initiates a continuous train of pulses and (2) a slave station which synchronises a continuous train of pulses with the pulses from the master station.

Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)

English

International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities - AISM