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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