[Lowfer] Loran-C

[craig wasson]

Watch for any changes starting about now.  20:00Z today is the official time 
to begin to terminate the transmissions.  Note that the transmitters working 
with the Canadian and Russian chains will be on a while longer.

It's kind of funny to see bulletins and warnings about things like 
transmitters being out of tolerance, etc mixed in with this bulletin:

THE U.S. COAST GUARD WILL
TERMINATE THE TRANSMISSION OF ALL U.S. LORAN-C SIGNAL EFFECTIVE 2000Z 08 FEB 
2010.
AT THAT TIME, THE U.S. LORAN-C SIGNAL WILL BE UNUSABLE AND PERMANTELY 
DISCONTINUED.
THIS TERMINATION DOESN 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.

Kind of makes all the other reported anomalies seem unimportant.

Reminds me of the day I was eagerly listening to 160m for the shutdown of 
LORAN-A many years ago.

Craig


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Sykes" <stevesykes at rochester.rr.com>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp;UK) and MedFer bands" 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 3:51 PM
Subject: [Lowfer] Loran-C


> Loran-C sounds funny, but the signal is still quite strong here.  I
> believe I am about 25 miles from the Seneca transmitter. I was hoping
> that it would be quieter.
>
>
> Steve KD2OM
> Victor, NY
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