[time-nuts] DIY Loran-C frequency receiver: it lives!

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Oct 27 22:54:06 UTC 2008


I have managed to nail a signal with my new DIY loran-C reciver:

	http://phk.freebsd.dk/misc/Loran2/proof.png

Trace 4 (cyan) is the raw antenna signal

Trace 3 (red) is the integrated (averaged) signal, as output by the
receiver using the D/A converter.

The receiver consists of only four hardware parts:

	A Olimex ADuc-P7026 prototyping board.
	A TAPR clockblock
	My funky old $20 loop antenna: http://phk.freebsd.dk/loran-c/Antenna/
	A small E1/T1 telco trafo for balancing the signal.

Everything else is software.

Obligatory picture of messy workbench:

	http://phk.freebsd.dk/misc/Loran2/dsc_3327.jpg

Right now the software just integrates the first 900µs of the GRI,
one has to place the GRI manually over the signal, but getting
the my prototype software moved over so it can do that automatically
is next.

Poul-Henning

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