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

[paul swed]

Shaun,
OK interesting to learn. So with no display I might guess the data came out
a GPIB or RS 232 port to something else.
I just sent an email eLORAN on till the end of the year and maybe longer.
Regards
Paul

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 6:20 PM Shaun Merrigan <shaun_merrigan at outlook.com>
wrote:

> Paul,
>
> The 2100R is essentially a "headless" 2100F: The front panel consists of
> only four status LEDs.  The GRI is set by switches behind the front panel.
> According to the 1988 Austron catalog, it was intended for use in
> applications where: "... a minimum of operator interface is desired."
>
> Shaun M.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul swed via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 11:16 AM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <
> time-nuts at lists.febo.com>
> Cc: paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com>
> Subject: [time-nuts] Re: Eloran long test from now to August or September.
>
> Shaun now your just showing off. Chuckle Very nice.
> What is a 2100r? Have not heard of that unit.
> I have 2100 and 2100F units that I use.
> These do a very good job of rejecting noise. Over the years noise in the
> VLF band has been going up.
> It effects things like WWVB at 60 Khz and LORAN C at 100 KHz. First it was
> the CFL lights and now LEDs.
> Regards
> Paul
> WB8TSL
>
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 1:07 PM Shaun Merrigan via time-nuts <
> time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <
> > time-nuts at lists.febo.com>
> > Cc: Shaun Merrigan <shaun_merrigan at outlook.com>
> > 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: paul swed via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com<mailto:
> > time-nuts at lists.febo.com>>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 7:41 PM
> > To: Time-nuts
> > <time-nuts at lists.febo.com<mailto:time-nuts at lists.febo.com>>
> > Cc: paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com<mailto:paulswedb at gmail.com>>
> > 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
> > _______________________________________________
> > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts at lists.febo.com<mailto:
> > time-nuts at lists.febo.com> To unsubscribe send an email to
> > time-nuts-leave at lists.febo.com<mailto:time-nuts-leave at lists.febo.com>
> > _______________________________________________
> > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts at lists.febo.com<mailto:
> > time-nuts at lists.febo.com>
> > To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-leave at lists.febo.com<mailto:
> > time-nuts-leave at lists.febo.com>
> > _______________________________________________
> > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts at lists.febo.com To unsubscribe send
> > an email to time-nuts-leave at lists.febo.com
> _______________________________________________
> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts at lists.febo.com To unsubscribe send an
> email to time-nuts-leave at lists.febo.com
>