[time-nuts] LORAN-C Reception on Cape Cod

[Don Henderickx]

On 3/20/2012 10:51 AM, J. Forster wrote:
> Sometimes, it pays to just sit on your butt. I never took my Austron loop
> down or the 2100F out of the rack.  :)))
>
> -John
>
> ==============
> Alson have lockup of austron 2100R in northwest Illinois en42.
Don wa9ylp
>
>> Hail to the US institutions which first stopped LORAN action long enough
>> so that pricy but apparently useless equipment could enter the shacks of
>> European time nuts for peanuts. Hail to the US institutions for
>> reawakening LORAN so that is is there for you US based time nuts again.
>> The Tracor may be the better solution but  for a quick check the built in
>> phase comparator of the FS700 is more than adequate. My comparisons
>> between  my GPS based GPSDO and the FS700 (using the German Sylt chain)
>> show frequency differences<10E-12 over observation times of some hours or
>> so with the built in comparator.
>>
>> 73s and my congrats to LORAN
>> Ulrich, DF6JB
>>
>> Am 20.03.2012 um 15:51 schrieb paul swed:
>>
>>> Stan good documentation
>>> I also copied it last night and posted.
>>> Your loss of lock is due to the fact that these guys don't seem to work
>>> past 11pm.
>>> The system is not on at all times.
>>> At least thats what I am seeing.
>>> Regards
>>> Paul
>>> WB8TSL
>>> Boston
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Stan, W1LE<stanw1le at verizon.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello The Net: (especially the LORAN-C listeners)
>>>>
>>>> Right now my SRS FS700 Loran-C receiver is locked onto a signal.
>>>>
>>>> GRI 89700 microseconds   station: AUTO (M)
>>>> location: DANA, IL  USA
>>>>
>>>> Receiver locked
>>>> Tracking Loran-C signal
>>>>
>>>> Receiver gain: 77dB
>>>> Noise margin:  39 dB
>>>>
>>>> Loran Freq offset:  -1.1E-10
>>>> Phase: -17.9 deg
>>>>
>>>> Stations found: (ident: Amp in dB)
>>>> M59*       X56
>>>>
>>>> Time since lock:   0:21:40  ( had lock overnight, but with an error so
>>>> I
>>>> did a new search)
>>>> Length last unlock:  0:10:42
>>>>
>>>> Signal status:  a r b n o
>>>>
>>>> I am using the standard SRS active whip antenna about 7' above ground
>>>> in
>>>> the back yard.
>>>> Receiver firmware is 1.19
>>>>
>>>> As time permits I will compare the Loran-C to the T'Bolt GPS/DO, with
>>>> the
>>>> Tracor 527E.
>>>>
>>>> It is nice to have Loran-C signal to play with.
>>>> The Nantucket Loran-C station was a bout 40 miles away. Almost a Cs
>>>> reference in my shack.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Stan, W1LE     Cape Cod    FN41sr
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> XXXx
>>>>
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