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Loran-C
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2009 Mar 18, 11:42 -0700
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2009 Mar 18, 11:42 -0700
The US Coast Guard will discontinue it's LORAN-C operations in 2010: "On February 26, 2009, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) publicly announced the President's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget. In the section for the Department of Homeland Security, the budget "supports the termination of outdated systems such as the terrestrial-based, long-range radionavigation (LOrAN-C) operated by the U.S. Coast Guard resulting in an offset of $36 million in 2010 and $190 million over five years." For more information on the proposed FY2010 Budget, visit the OMB website under President's Budget. " This will obviously affect the East and West Coast Chains of North America and will at least degrade the chain in the Pacific region by closing the Guam station. I am not sure if Japan has plans on keeping their stations intact. In any case, coastal navigation along north America outside of the RADAR range of land will not be entirely dependent on GPS for electronic navigation. To me, this means the celestial navigation is even more important, as without LORAN, there will be no electronic back-ups available if GPS is degraded or fails. Jeremy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
