Phil in SF quoted The Lucky Strike by Kim Stanley Robinson (PM Press Outspoken Authors, #2)
Combining dazzling speculation with a profoundly humanist vision, Kim Stanley Robinson is known as not …
He watched Matthews and Benton tune the loran equipment.
— The Lucky Strike by Kim Stanley Robinson (PM Press Outspoken Authors, #2) (Page 59)
Loran: A system of long-distance navigation in which position is determined from the intervals between signal pulses received from widely spaced radio transmitters