[time-nuts] Loran on now

[Jim Mandaville]

Now at 1745 MST in Tucson, AZ I can hear the usual Loran signal on 
100 kHz (probably the one in Searchlight, Nevada.  But looking at the 
Wiki article on Loran I see that it was apparently to be shut down 
AFTER 4 January, not ON 4 January, with even that predicated on a 
finding by the Department of Homeland Security.  Does anyone know 
whether Homeland Security so certified??

  "After 4 January" could be a long time!

Following is the Wiki quote:

In November 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard announced that the LORAN-C 
stations under its control would be closed down for budgetary reasons 
after January 4, 2010 provided the Secretary of the Department of 
Homeland Security certifies LORAN is un-needed as a backup for 
GPS.[15]


Jim Mandaville, KF7A, Tucson









>Well its 0000 4 jan 2010 and the loran chains at the moment are running.
>Who knows no real detail on the coast guard site.
>
>On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 4:43 PM, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Rich like you I have my Austrons up and a pair of HP3586 receivers also.
>>  Since it could be Jan 4th 0000 UTC. Maybe they will go silent in in about 3
>>  hours from now. See if I can hear the European LORAN stations.
>>  I have been logging the frequency for about a month as far as a reference
>>  goes. Seems like they are keeping everything in good shape till the end.
>>  Very sorry to see LORAN go.
>>
>>
>>  On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Rich and Marcia Putz <rputz at bnin.net>wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi Gang;
>>>  Tomorrow is the beginning of the count down for Loran C termination, let's
>>>  see how long it takes for the gov't to act on this one. I have my receivers
>>>  running.
>>>  That's change we can believe in!
>>>  Regards;
>>>  Rich
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