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

[Francesco Ledda]

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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