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Top 10 Recent Failures Of The USCG – Part 1

By On March 31, 2010

After making my decision to pursue a life at sea and accept an invitation to study in Annapolis my father said, “The Navy practices while the Coast Guard gets the [...]

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After 67 Years, USCG Terminates Loran-C Signal Broadcast

By On February 9, 2010

Crews at the Coast Guard Long Range Aids to Navigation stations, including the six Alaska-based stations, turned off their domestic signal across the nation at 11 a.m. Monday. The shutdown [...]

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LORAN-C, Glad To See You Go

By On January 23, 2010

LORAN-C – Glad To See You Go By Captain Anuj Velu The Loran system shuts down for good on the 8th of Feb 2010. That is in about 15 days. The US [...]

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Last chance for a fight… eLoran

By On December 26, 2009

USNO Master Clocks To be frank the topic of eLoran, an upgrade of Loran-C that promises to add redundancy to to GPS systems, is a topic gCaptain has discussed passionately [...]

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eLoran Sparks Debate In Washington – Is It Truly Important?

By On June 20, 2009

While we have covered eLoran before, most notably in this eLoran FAQ early last year, new headlines provide the need for revisiting the topic. In an article titled “Will Obama [...]

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Loran – Turning The Lights Back On

By On February 14, 2008

LORAN Coverage Following the recent budget approval by President Bush, LORAN , the Coast Guard’s terrestrial based LOng RANge navigation system has been given a reprieve by the Department of [...]

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eLORAN 101 – The Return Of LORAN C?

By On February 5, 2008

Could it be time to dig out your old ten point dividers and loran-c charts? Probably not but the same technology behind these devices is making a comeback. HKLaw tells [...]

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