[time-nuts] LORAN-C discontinuation in US

[John Ackermann N8UR]

Just saw that the 2010 Federal budget says that LORAN-C stations 
operated by the US Coast Guard (isn't that all of them in the US?) will 
be shut down sometime after the end of the 2009 fiscal year:
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/loran/default.htm

The last I'd heard, it sounded like LORAN-C was safe for quite a while, 
but apparently not.

Bummer.

John