[time-nuts] Loran transmitters back on the air.
Greg Broburg
semiflex at comcast.net
Fri Mar 2 04:44:52 UTC 2012
Keith Peshak has a setup located in Georgetown Texas that tracks the
position of a fixed Loran antenna and an fixed GPS antenna. The Loran
beats the GPS all of the time does not need wide area augmentation to
nail down the center of a runway.
On 3/1/2012 10:26 PM, Hal Murray wrote:
> What sort of accuracy can I expect from a Loran type system?
>
> I assume the answer is "it depends", but I'm looking for the overview type
> answer. What does it depend upon? What are the ballpark type answers? What
> info should I be providing to get better answers?
>
> I assume it depends upon the distance from the transmitter. How much does it
> depend upon time-of-day type propagation delays?
>
> If I use GPS to determine my position, how much does a known good position
> help a Loran type system to determine timing at a that location? Assume I
> have months to calibrate the system.
>
>
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