[time-nuts] Loran C sounds

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Fri Feb 12 02:58:31 UTC 2010


I wonder if there is any point in contacting the Canadians about keeping
LORAN operating?

-John

===============


> Unfortunately I had to travel during the shutdown. I had wanted to listen.
> But I fired up the austron and 59300 locks (Canadian LORAN)
> Like you, I have only ever heard dual rate. Now its a steady patter until
> Sept/Oct when even that will go away.
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Rich and Marcia Putz <rputz at bnin.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all;
>> Just an aside, after hearing dual rated Lorsta Dana for the last 25
>> years,
>> it is interesting to now hear a single rated chain. Rather than the
>> syncopated clatter of Dana, now just a smooth pitter! The east coast
>> Canadian chain is much weaker here in northern Indiana than Dana (about
>> 125
>> miles air) but still quite copyable on my IC-725.
>> As far as useability at this point, while Dana was still on I switched
>> my
>> 2100F over to GRI 5930 and it only took about 1/2 hour to be locked and
>> start reading my Austron 1250 frequency numbers. I get my main frequency
>> reference from a TAPR T-bolt, but the Austron 2100F was a fun
>> experiment. I
>> guess the next Loran adventure can be DXing chains.
>> Regards; Rich
>> _______________________________________________
>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts at febo.com
>> To unsubscribe, go to
>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
>> and follow the instructions there.
>>
> _______________________________________________
> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts at febo.com
> To unsubscribe, go to
> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
> and follow the instructions there.
>
>





More information about the time-nuts mailing list