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Received from USCG today.

SPECIAL NOTICE

SUBJ: TERMINATION OF ALL U.S. LORAN-C SIGNALS
1. IAW THE 2010 DHS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, THE U.S. COAST GUARD WILL TERMINATE THE TRANSMISSION OF ALL U.S. LORAN-C SIGNALS EFFECTIVE 2000Z 08 FEB 2010. AT THAT TIME, THE U.S. LORAN-C SIGNAL WILL BE UNUSABLE AND PERMANENTLY DISCONTINUED. THIS TERMINATION DOES NOT AFFECT U.S. PARTICIPATION IN THE RUSSIAN-AMERICAN OR CANADIAN LORAN-C CHAINS. U.S. PARTICIPATION IN THESE CHAINS WILL CONTINUE TEMPORARILY IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.

Can I get a translation? Will my Loran unit receive signals this year? No redundancy if GPS goes off?

If you have loran C and rely soley on it you are screwed. Guess my 800x is now an antique

Well my back up to GPS is now NO more. I think this was a mistake to do away with. I still have some more bottom sites in loran that I need to convert. Oh well!

DQ

And I thought the GPS satellites were aging with no sure replacements in sight!! Wow, I may have to dust off the charts and swing the compass!!

No more Loran C, and a catastophic satelite failure would be devastating...to say the least.

Harv, in the old days we used a watch and a compass.
Does anyone remember 3 way fixes?
Everyone will have to reread their Chapman's book.

I still have charts and navigation equipment on the boat. Guess I will need to swing the compass this spring just in case!!