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

Don Latham djl at montana.com
Sat Nov 14 22:05:17 UTC 2009


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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