[time-nuts] Loran?

Magnus Danielson magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org
Sun Dec 19 10:19:16 UTC 2010


On 12/19/2010 10:04 AM, Chris Albertson wrote:
>>
>> Again, this all depends on where on this earth you are. We don't need
>> bomb-coordinates to help you...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Magnus
>>
>
> It's on the signature line:  "Redondo Beach, California".   That is about
> 10 miles south of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and about
> a half mile due east of the Pacific Ocean

Sorry for the mental blocking. Signature lines is amusement only usually.

You are a bit far from the active LORAN-C transmitters... a continent 
and an ocean away...

> I looked up on the West marine web site and they still cary an antenna
> and it's in stock.  It's just a plain old 8 foot whip and sells for about $40.
> with cable attached.

Fair deal.

> I took the unit apart and peked at the PCB.  The antenna leads goes into
> what looks like a RF amp made of discrete transistors, no DC to power
> an active antenna.

I wonder if a 8 foot whip and that amp will handle the distance.

I need a whip-antenna myself for my DGPS...

Cheers,
Magnus



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