ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Coast Guard LORAN Station Tok turns off their signal Feb. 8, 2010.
The LORAN system was terminated after it was not funded in the FY2010 budget.
Video by Petty Officer 1st David Mosley.
Additional information about the termination of the LORAN system can be found at http://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-terminates-loran-c-signal/2010/02/08/
Paul, just like in communciations. Morse Code/CW was slow, but reliable. Storms, static bursts, EMP/EMI, didn't interfer with the signal enough to stop the ability of some operator to copy the message. In 1994 when the Coast Guard stopped "listening" for SOS's, it was said that CW's time had come and gone, just like people said the same thing about LORAN stations and the service it provided. I'm sure in our life time, we see this was a mistake.
tc1uscg 1 month ago
I predict they will regret the shutdown of LORAN within our lifetime.
GPS is soooo great. But, does it have a backup? Nope. Not anymore.
LORAN was land based, and reliable.
paulshinn 7 months ago
someday they'll regret this
jarettrobak 8 months ago
very true
shawnstam 1 year ago
I hope everyone doesn't one day regret that all of the "old" technology was thrown out with the garbage.
Mainsail76 2 years ago