[time-nuts] LORAN-C demise

[Chuck Harris]

Time and frequency measurement people were specifically
exclude from the polls I have seen to determine whether
or not Loran should continue.  They only wanted navigation
users input... and I guess there weren't any.

-Chuck

J. Forster wrote:
> There are on-line petition sites where people can sign on to support a
> particular cause. Has anyone started such a petition to save LORAN?
> 
> I've not seen one.
> 
> Best,
> -John
> 
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> 
>> Given the confusing and seemingly ambiguous infomation on the .gov site, a
>> clearer picture is given by this announcement:
>>
>> http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/news/coast-guard-jettisons-loran-9178
>>
>> excerpted below:
>>
>> Coast Guard Jettisons Loran
>> November 25, 2009
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> The U.S. Coast Guard Commandant has formally certified that termination of
>> the Loran-C signal will not adversely impact maritime navigation, signing
>> a
>> document to that effect on November 20 and forwarding it to the Secretary
>> of
>> Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. The first of the two criteria for
>> terminating the Loran-C signal has thus been met.
>>
>> Anticipated next steps include a Coast Guard ALCOAST Internet message
>> release on this topic, the release of the Programmatic Environmental
>> Impact
>> Statement Record of Decision, and a Federal Register Notice, all measures
>> en
>> route to executing the termination of the Loran-C signal.
>>
>> Actual termination depends upon a final determination by DHS Secretary
>> Napolitano that the Loran-C infrastructure is not required as a backup to
>> GPS. Until then, the Coast Guard will continue  moving towards termination
>> while operating the system. If/when that determination is made, actual
>> termination will take place.
>> For a recent *GPS World* blog and readers' comments on this subject, see
>> Wide
>> Awake with No
>> Back-Up<http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/wide-awake/wide-awake-with-no-back-9168>
>> .
>>
>> Inevitable , but still a misguided shame.
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