[time-nuts] LORAN-C demise

ken hartman kdhartman at gmail.com
Sat Nov 28 21:04:48 UTC 2009


My impression is that significant stake-holders (e.g. Telecom service
providers, ILECs, AOPA, National Laboratories, FAA, NIST, DHS, CG, and
others) were unwilling  - at an institutional level - to embrace or own any
aspect of LORAN preservation and unable - at an individual level - to
influence "policy" decisions with *any* consideration for technical
viability or necessity.
Stated  differently  - this nations  NTP policy is totally driven  by
political considerations without regard to demonstrable critical
infrastructure technical evaluation.
Standard disclaimer: My opinions only
khartman


On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Chuck Harris <cfharris at erols.com> wrote:

> Time and frequency measurement people were specifically
> exclude from the polls I have seen to determine whether
> or not Loran should continue.  They only wanted navigation
> users input... and I guess there weren't any.
>
> -Chuck
>
>
> J. Forster wrote:
>
>> There are on-line petition sites where people can sign on to support a
>> particular cause. Has anyone started such a petition to save LORAN?
>>
>> I've not seen one.
>>
>> Best,
>> -John
>>
>> ==============
>>
>>
>>
>>  Given the confusing and seemingly ambiguous infomation on the .gov site,
>>> a
>>> clearer picture is given by this announcement:
>>>
>>> http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/news/coast-guard-jettisons-loran-9178
>>>
>>> excerpted below:
>>>
>>> Coast Guard Jettisons Loran
>>> November 25, 2009
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> The U.S. Coast Guard Commandant has formally certified that termination
>>> of
>>> the Loran-C signal will not adversely impact maritime navigation, signing
>>> a
>>> document to that effect on November 20 and forwarding it to the Secretary
>>> of
>>> Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. The first of the two criteria for
>>> terminating the Loran-C signal has thus been met.
>>>
>>> Anticipated next steps include a Coast Guard ALCOAST Internet message
>>> release on this topic, the release of the Programmatic Environmental
>>> Impact
>>> Statement Record of Decision, and a Federal Register Notice, all measures
>>> en
>>> route to executing the termination of the Loran-C signal.
>>>
>>> Actual termination depends upon a final determination by DHS Secretary
>>> Napolitano that the Loran-C infrastructure is not required as a backup to
>>> GPS. Until then, the Coast Guard will continue  moving towards
>>> termination
>>> while operating the system. If/when that determination is made, actual
>>> termination will take place.
>>> For a recent *GPS World* blog and readers' comments on this subject, see
>>> Wide
>>> Awake with No
>>> Back-Up<
>>> http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/wide-awake/wide-awake-with-no-back-9168
>>> >
>>> .
>>>
>>> Inevitable , but still a misguided shame.
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