It’s official. From the United States Coast Guard web page – LORAN-C will be terminated on February 8, 2010. It has been decided that the system was not needed “after certification from the Commandant of the Coast Guard that it was not needed for maritime navigation and from the Secretary of Department of Homeland Security that it is not needed as a backup for GPS.”
Unfortunately no one certified that it was still used by many fishermen to locate wrecks, and reefs. I wonder how many of you still use LORAN-C and how the shut down will afect you…
LORAN-C Will be Terminated In February originally appeared on About.com Saltwater Fishing on Saturday, January 16th, 2010 at 18:31:36.
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