[Lf] LORAN-C Scheduled Outages

[TK Wood]

Below is a sample listing from a useful website, the LORAN-C status page.  Perhaps we can find times when some of the nodes in the chain are silent so spurious signals are not so overwhelming in the 136Khz range.. 

(Below is also evidence of when Cape May, New Jersey is active ; it's the test site.)
----------------------------
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM:
P 102000Z FEB 00
FM COGARD NAVCEN ALEXANDRIA VA//LORAN//
SUBJ: LORAN-C OPERATIONS, LORSTA JUPITER (RATE 7980-Y)
1. LORSTA JUPITER (7980-Y) WAS UNUSABLE FROM 1500Z TO 1645Z 10 FEB
2000 AND HAS RESUMED NORMAL OPERATIONS.
======================================================================
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM:
P 091253Z FEB 00
FM COGARD NAVCEN ALEXANDRIA VA//LORAN//
SUBJ: LORAN-C OPERATIONS, LORSTA SENECA (RATE 9960-M/8970-X)
1. THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO AUTHORIZE LORSTA SENECA (RATE 9960-M/
8970-X) UNUSABLE TIME FROM 1400Z TO 1600Z ON 04 APRIL 2000. THE 
ALTERNATE TIME WILL BE FROM 1400Z TO 1600Z ON 05 APRIL 2000.
2. OBJECTIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED UNTIL 1600Z 31 MARCH 2000. USERS 
SHALL ADDRESS INQUIRIES TO THE NORTHEASTERN U. S. LORAN-C 
CHAIN OPERATIONS CONTROL OFFICER (POC: LT BOB FEIGENBLATT)
AT (703)313-5887/5900.
3. CURRENT LORAN-C STATUS IS AVAILABLE 24 HRS/DAY THROUGH
INTERNET ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.MIL,
FTP://FTP.NAVCEN.USCG.MIL.

=====================================================================
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM:
041412Z FEB 00 
SUBJ: LORAN-C OPERATIONS, LORAN SUPPORT UNIT (RATE 8090-M/9960-T)
1. LORAN SUPPORT UNIT LORAN TRANSMITTER (RATE 8090-M/9960-T) WILL BE
ON-AIR FOR THE FOLLOWING PERIODS:
FROM 1300Z TO 20OOZ 08 FEB 2000;
FROM 1300Z TO 2000Z 09 FEB 2000;
FROM 1300Z TO 2000Z 10 FEB 2000;
FROM 1300Z TO 2000Z 11 FEB 2000;
=====================================================================