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 <paulsw...@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 <rp...@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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