[time-nuts] Loran transmitters back on the air.

[paul swed]

Hmmm did find a paper that suggests various goals and such and the old
loran gear might not work. Depends on what modes they try.
Would be great to find some form of updated news.
Regards
Paul.

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:25 PM, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Eloran is compatible with the older timing rcvrs. Or at least it was
> supposed to be. Now the message suggests that they will try other
> modulation modes. I couldn't find anything really further then what was
> sent.
> I did hook the longwire directly to the austron so far no lock and I am
> less then 70 miles from the Nantucket site.
> Will keep trying
> Regards
> Paul
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Bob Camp <lists at rtty.us> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> The obvious advantage to backwards compatibility would be much greater
>> coverage area. It is a bit tough to envision them getting a reasonable user
>> population with a 100% from scratch approach. Indeed that may be wishful
>> thinking.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 1, 2012, at 8:09 PM, "Charles P. Steinmetz" <
>> charles_steinmetz at lavabit.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Greg wrote:
>> >
>> >> A friend in Texas has confirmed that Loran signals are now up and
>> receivers are showing position. I am including a note from UrsaNav
>> regarding this event.
>> >
>> > What are the odds that any long-term deployment would be
>> backward-compatible with legacy Loran receivers (not the same as the
>> initial tests being backward-compatible)?  The primary revenue stream would
>> appear to be from sales of new receivers that use patented technology
>> (unless the government wants to get back into the business of subsidizing
>> Loran, which it just vacated -- not very likely).  Cynical, maybe, but it
>> is always a good idea to keep an eye on the money.  I suppose they could
>> make the enhancements transparent to legacy receivers, so you would buy new
>> receivers if you needed the enhancements but could also use older receivers
>> if you didn't.  But would they?  There does not appear to be an incentive
>> to do so, absent a government subsidy.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > Charles
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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