[time-nuts] Loran C sounds

Bob Camp lists at cq.nu
Sun Feb 14 18:49:55 UTC 2010


Hi

I wonder what just the electric bill is to keep a single chain (4 transmitters) up and running?

They automated away most of the on-site / hands on stuff back a while ago (80's?). I would *guess* that electricity is a significant portion of what it costs to keep things running. 

Bob


On Feb 14, 2010, at 1:36 PM, J. Forster wrote:

> Jerry is a WW II and after Navy info collector. He has a really nice web
> site on all sorts of things.
> 
> He also occasionally sends out really funny jokes. The LORAN site appears
> to be a spoof, but it's not such a bad idea, IMO.
> 
> Best,
> -John
> 
> =============
> 
> 
>> Sorry, this appears to be a hoax. Jerry is Canadian and perhaps not
>> familiar with US politics. Searching for "LORAN saved" gets no recent
>> hits except for this article. One person on the list asked if it was
>> the first of April already (April Fool's Day).
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Hawkins
>> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:49 AM
>> To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran C sounds
>> 
>> 
>> This reference showed up in a radio list from a reliable source (Jerry
>> Proc):
>> 
>> http://thek3ngreport.blogspot.com/2010/02/radio-amateur-volunteers-to-save-l
>> oran.html
>> 
>> Bill Hawkins
>> 
>> 
>> 
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