c . Receiver Characteristics 



(1) AN/APN - 145, transistorized, analog operation. 



(a) Size: 2.5 cubic feet. 



(b) Wt: 100 1b. 



(c) Power: 500 watts. 



(d) Controls: 26 manually operated. 



(e) Mtbf: approximately 500 hours. 



(2) AN/ARN-76 Microcircuit, digital operation, digital readout. 



(a) Size: 0.5 cubic foot, uses remote control indicator. 



(b) Wt: 20 1b. 



(c) Power: 155 watts. 



(d) Controls: 6 manually operated . 



(e) Mtbf: 1500 hours or more. 



REFERENCES 



1 • Engineering Evaluation of Loran-C Navigation System , Final Report, Jansky 

 and Bailey, Sept. 1959, Prepared for U. S. Coast Guard. 



2. The Loran-C System of Navigation - Jansky and Bailey, Feb. 1962, Prepared 

 for U. S. Coast Guard. 



3. Loran-C, Supplementary Paper No. 2 to S.P. No. 39, Chapter II, Interna- 

 tional Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco. 



4. Edward Durbin, "Current Development in the Loran-C System. " Journal of 

 Inst . of Navigation, Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer 1962. 



5. Robert L. Frank and Alan H . Phillips, "Digital Loran-C Receiver Uses 

 Microcircuits, " Electronics, Jan. 31, 1964. 



6. Proceedings of Merchant Marine Council, USCG, Vol. 19, No. 5, May 1962. 



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