[time-nuts] The Demise of LORAN (was Re: Reference oscillator accuracy)

paul swed paulswedb at gmail.com
Sat Nov 14 23:32:16 UTC 2009


Indeed the uscg did agree to shut it down.
They signed off on it.

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Christopher Hoover <ch at murgatroid.com>wrote:

> David I. Emery wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> David,
>
> I see three possibilities: a) modernization (E-LORAN), b) maintain existing
> service and capabilities, c) shut it down.
>
> It would be helpful to know if USCG supports the plan to shut the system
> down.
> If USCG does not, those of us who are US citizens can lobby Congress to
> restore funding for the service.   There's an educational piece here to do.
>
>
> -ch
>
>
>
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