by Editor | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog
The Council of American Master Mariners wrote to Senator John Thune and the other members of the Senate Commerce Committee today expressing support for provisions in a House bill calling for an eLoran system to complement GPS. Their concerns are bout the impact of...
by Editor | May 31, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: “The Hill” is a publication widely read by members of Congress and their staffs. They published an opinion piece by RNTF President Dana Goward this morning. Link To Piece on TheHill.com The U.S. Coast Guard Authorization Act is up for...
by Editor | May 30, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: The below article by Dag Pike caught our eye. Dag is an old salt of the finest sort. He has been merchant captain, tested rescue boats and is an authority on fast boat navigation. He has won a string of trophies for powerboat races around the...
by Editor | May 29, 2017 | Blog
We recently saw the below interesting post on a Linkedin group and obtained permission from the author to re-post it here. Inquiries we made to various parts of the US government about this have not yet turned up any information. Some folks have had ideas, all of...
by Editor | May 27, 2017 | Blog
View Post The world’s premier body for development of maritime electronics requirements and standards, Radio Technical Commission Maritime (RTCM), is supporting legislation requiring establishment of an eLoran navigation and timing system in the US. In letters to each...
by Editor | May 22, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: There are all kinds of reasons why people buy and use illegal GNSS jammers. Sometimes they are even inadvertently advertised by the media. Last year we posted a newspaper story about criminals who had used a GPS enabled tracking device to follow a...