[time-nuts] The Demise of LORAN (was Re: Reference oscillator accuracy)
Francesco Ledda
frledda at verizon.net
Sat Nov 14 20:57:31 UTC 2009
AOPA is pushing congress to repristinate funding for LORAN. General
aviation is probably the heaviest user on this Nav system. The
aviation user community would love to see Nav systems with integrated
LORAN and GPS capabilty, but the industry has done little in this
area, due to lack of government commitment to LORAN. The FAA knows the
GPS can be easily jammed, but has done nothing do push LORAN as the
GPS backup system.
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On Nov 14, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Christopher Hoover <ch at murgatroid.com>
wrote:
> David I. Emery wrote:
>> I have emailed my brother in law who is a rear admiral (I think
>> now called a vice admiral) and currently CFO of the USCG (and as a
>> note
>> re your alma mater a MIT Sloan grad) and rather loudly said so
>> myself. He most likely was part of the group that made the
>> decision... I intend
>> to ask him why they did it when I next see him.
>
> David,
>
> I see three possibilities: a) modernization (E-LORAN), b) maintain
> existing service and capabilities, c) shut it down.
>
> It would be helpful to know if USCG supports the plan to shut the
> system down.
> If USCG does not, those of us who are US citizens can lobby Congress
> to restore funding for the service. There's an educational piece
> here to do.
>
>
> -ch
>
>
>
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