[time-nuts] Loran - any good for timekeeping?

Chuck Harris cfharris at erols.com
Fri Apr 21 10:12:15 EDT 2006


A few parts in 10E12.  WWVB is junk compared to Loran-C

-Chuck Harris

Hal Murray wrote:
>> The US is keeping Loran-C going as a backup for GPS as well.
> ....
> 
> How good is Loran for timekeeping?  How does it compare to WWVB?
> 
> What sort of receiver do I need?  Any good how-to type web pages?
> 
> I'm in Silicon Valley.  The NIST map says that WWVB should work here, but my 
> quick try didn't get very far.  I was just using a small ferrite antenna and 
> I didn't check the tuning.
> 
> 




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