[time-nuts] Re: Eloran long test from now to August or September.

[Shaun Merrigan]

ELoran  Update from Western Canada:

As of September 13, 16:40 UT, the ELoran testing continues.  As well as an Austron 2100F, I have dug out an Austron 2100R and after setting the GRI appropriately, it locked in about 8 minutes this morning.  One thing I have observed is that there is much more broad band noise on 100kHz than years back mainly due to LED lights and various gadgets in my own house.   Using the scope output on the 2100F, I can see the results of turning various things on and off.  The Austrons do good job of staying locked, even with daytime noise levels, however.   I am using an LF Engineering L400B with about 20dB of attenuation and galvanic isolation (coupling transformer) ahead of the Austrons.  This has worked very well so far.

Shaun M.



From: paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:41 AM
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Re: Eloran long test from now to August or September.

Shaun
Very nice to hear that update. Solid signal strength also.
As for me on the East coast. Nothing. Honestly as expected.
Enjoy the operational time.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 10:36 AM Shaun Merrigan via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com<mailto:time-nuts at lists.febo.com>> wrote:
A bit late I know, but I just fired up an Austron 2100F on GRI 5990 and it locked within minutes on September 4, 2023. Signal strength (daytime) is around 150uV at the antenna socket into Central Alberta, Canada.
I am getting a phase adjusted 10MHz signal out of the Austron.

Shaun M

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Subject: [time-nuts] Eloran long test from now to August or September.

Very good news today there is a long test running in the Western US and 3 sites are now active.
Sites at Fallon, NV; George, WA; and Havre, MT are all up and running now.
GRI is 5990. Not sure you’ll hear them so far away but thought I would let you know in case you see any skywave.
At least two of these stations have significant power. Not sure on Havre MT.

I will be firing up the receivers and seeing if I can hear anything here on the east coast. Also will leverage the various online SDRs to see what they hear.

Just maybe we will have eLoran back as a frequency and time reference.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL
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