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The Lokata Company (pronounced low-kay-tah, "locator") was formed in the late 1970s in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK. The first product was a combined marine receiver and direction finder, for yachts and small boats. From there, the company designed and manufactured products for the marine electronics market, including communications receivers, Navtex receivers, radar detectors, transponders and emergency position indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) The company was acquired by Kelvin Hughes Ltd, and eventually moved to Hainault in Essex. Production of Lokata-branded products has ceased, as the company now concentrates on products for commercial shipping. Thousands of Lokata products remain in use worldwide. In 2001, support for Lokata EPIRB products was transferred to Sartech Engineering Ltd. In 1983 a New Scientist article covered a story about the inventor of a Lokata product called the "Watchman", a passive marine radar detector. He had independently re-invented part of the well-known Exocet missile's guidance system in his invention. This led to some publicised controversy involving the MOD and the Patent Office discussed in New Scientist magazine[citation needed]. The Ministry of Defence tried to requisition his patent, but he defied the secrecy order and went public and a public row arose about possible loss of employment making Lokata Watchmans in Falmouth, Cornwall where he lived.[citation needed] Lokata (pronounced low-kay-tah, "locator") is a radar navigation system, which works in the same way as Exocet missile technology. A civilian invented it in Falmouth. It is said to work not by emitting its own radar signal but by listening to other crafts' radar signals, accidentally duplicating one version of the Exocet missile's guidance system. When he tried to patent his invention, the Patent Office ordered him to keep it secret. He refused and went public and started a big public protest in the area about the jobs that would be created in the area making Lokatas. Unfortunately, there is no evidence to suggest that Exocet used passive homing. References ^ Jim Howard, Charles J. Doane (2000). Handbook of Offshore Cruising: The Dream and Reality of Modern Ocean Cruising. Sheridan House, Inc.. ISBN 1574090933.^ David Searle Electronics [1]^ a b Sartech website |
