[time-nuts] LORAN-C demise

[J. Forster]

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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