I have a memo / stakeholder briefing document from the General Lighthouse Authorities UK/Ireland (can't see any confidentiality notes on it), that states:
"" 4. Effect if France Terminates eLoran It is hoped that the RNTF [http://rntfnd.org] commercial initiative can maintain the continuity of eLoran transmissions from France beyond the end of 2015. However, in the event that the French and Norwegian transmissions were to cease, all maritime eLoran Navigation capability in UK waters would be lost immediately. In addition, the UTC basis of precise Timing of the Anthorn eLoran transmissions would also be lost, unless an alternative link to a source of UTC in the UK could be provided. The Loran transmissions from Anthorn could be continued to provide precise Timing (with intervention to synchronise transmissions to UTC) for the benefit of UK and Irish CNI, but the maritime mandate of the GLA does not cover this intervention. Without French transmissions and hence with no maritime benefit, the GLA have no mandate to maintain any eLoran capability in the UK and would plan to close the service down. "" Chronos in the UK have partnered with UrsaNAV to form this: http://taviga.com . The various UK government bodies support eLORAN and the people involved say they have the capacity to make Anthorn a master station. They need a UTC reference, but given that the NPL are transmitting MSF from Anthorn, I would assume that traceable UTC is already there. All that's left to do is wait to see what actually comes out of this, but things are looking bleak for now; for positioning you can't do much with Anthorn alone. Thanks, Wojciech _______________________________________________ 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.