"Homeland Security" is likely busy searching underwear at the moment.
-John =============== > 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 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.