For those who still use LORAN-C, this USCG Message applies to you.

From: First Coast Guard District LNM Notification [mailto:first-cg-dlnm@cgls.uscg.mil]
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:44 AM
To: Fourteenth-cg-dlnm@cgls.uscg.mil; First-CG-DLNM@cgls.uscg.mil; Fifth-cg-dlnm@cgls.uscg.mil; Seventeenth-cg-dlnm@cgls.uscg.mil; Seventh-cg-dlnm@cgls.uscg.mil; Eighth-cg-dlnm-gce@cgls.uscg.mil; Eighth-cg-dlnm-wre@cgls.uscg.mil; Eleventh-cg-dlnm@cgls.uscg.mil; Ninth-cg-dlnm@cgls.uscg.mil; Thirteenth-cg-dlnm@cgls.uscg.mil
Subject: SPECIAL NOTICE TERMINATION OF ALL U.S. LORAN-C SIGNALS

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.