I asked a close friend and fellow engineering alum who was deeply involved in GPS and he thinks closing down LORAN is utterly idiotic.
IMO, there is something purely political, rather than technical, about this decision. Perhaps the GPS "stakeholders" don't want to admit just how vulnerable GPS is to jamming (and hence a backup is not needed), just as software vendors don't want to admit security holes or banks want to admit that millions are stolen through computer fraud. FWIW, -John BTW, Sloan is a school of Management, NOT Engineering. There is a VERY big difference. =================== > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 09:51:11AM -0800, J. Forster wrote: >> WWVB not WWV. >> >> IMO, WWVB is MUCH fussier than LORAN. It's just utter stupidity that >> LORAN >> is being shut down. > > 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. > > > -- > Dave Emery N1PRE/AE, d...@dieconsulting.com DIE Consulting, Weston, Mass > 02493 > "An empty zombie mind with a forlorn barely readable weatherbeaten > 'For Rent' sign still vainly flapping outside on the weed encrusted pole - > in > celebration of what could have been, but wasn't and is not to be now > either." > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
