Loran phase out date?

You and Roger should both look at this. I have visited Locus, Inc., where
the all-in-view technology was developed; I have visited (as I said before)
the very active USCG loran operating HQ in California. I have seen plots of
flights comparing enhanced loran to GPS. I have seen the future of loran.

http://www.loran.org/

Bob Gardner LCDR USCG (Ret)
CO of two loran-C stations
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .
"Roger Long" wrote:
How much longer is the Loran system going to be active?

The US Coast Guard site is precisely ambiguous:

"While the Administration continues to evaluate the long-term need for
continuation of the LORAN-C radionavigation system, the Government will
operate the LORAN-C system in the short term. The U.S. Government will
give
users reasonable notice if it concludes that LORAN-C is not needed or is
not cost effective, so that users will have the opportunity to transition
to alternative navigation aids."

From: http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/loran/Default.htm

This was discussed quite diligently after 9/11. The fact of the matter is
that with an airplane and $5k in parts, anybody that wanted to could blow
GPS away over tens of thousands of square miles for as long as they wanted
to.

It is a real witch to blow away a megawatt transmitter for more than a few
hundred feet.

Jim



"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
...

You and Roger should both look at this. I have visited Locus, Inc., where
the all-in-view technology was developed; I have visited (as I said
before) the very active USCG loran operating HQ in California. I have seen
plots of flights comparing enhanced loran to GPS. I have seen the future
of loran.

RST Engineering wrote:

This was discussed quite diligently after 9/11. The fact of the matter is
that with an airplane and $5k in parts, anybody that wanted to could blow
GPS away over tens of thousands of square miles for as long as they wanted
to.

It is a real witch to blow away a megawatt transmitter for more than a few
hundred feet.

So you are saying that we need MUCH larger satellites? :-)

Matt