[time-nuts] The Demise of LORAN (was Re: Reference oscillator accuracy)

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Sat Nov 14 22:35:26 UTC 2009


OK, so who is in a position to MAKE them care? How about those who
understand this is a Homeland Security (among other) issue? Perhaps FOX
news?

Likely LORAN costs about as much a year as a mile of fence along the
Mexican border, probably less.

FWIW,
-John

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> You've hit it on the nose. NONE of them are interested in anything but
> social issues. LORAN will not get any of them re-elected, and that's all
> any of 'em care about.
> Don
>
> J. Forster
>> Does anybody know who in Congress might take the lead in reversing the
>> decision? None of the reps in this state are at all likely to give a
>> damn.
>> Their interest is apparently only in social issues.
>>
>> -John
>>
>> =====================
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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