[time-nuts] Questions about Austron 5000 Loran C receiver

[Glen Hoag]

In searching the archives of the International Loran Association 
<http://www.loran.org>, I note that Austron offered two versions of 
the 5000.  There was the station monitor version that was used as 
part of the system to apply time corrections as well as a marine 
system, both controlled by a PDP-8.

--Glen Hoag
   hoag at hiwaay.net

At 10:17 AM 3/4/2012, you wrote:
>Well
>A couple of things. They are not the gov. They go home on the weekends.
>So do take a listen to 100KC during the week.
>I looked at the austron 5000 it was a loran station monitor. What a beasty
>it actually is.
>Though the nixies are nice. I guess my loran simulator would drive it.
>But can't imagine what it must actually weight.
>My older austron 2000 is heavy and a bear to operate.
>Regards
>Paul.
>
>On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Andy Lokken <alokken at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Paul:
> >
> > It was your reports of the Great Lakes chain that got me interested in
> > this. I live in St. Paul, Minnesota, so I am hopeful of hearing it here. I
> > have a couple other LF receivers with which to try to hear Loran C, so I
> > still have options.
> >
> > Obviously, before I invest much in this, I want to see that the feds have a
> > long term interest in maintaining Loran again, and especially the GL chain.
> >
> > -Andy
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 10:28 AM, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > That is indeed interesting because the only rcvr I knew that needed a
> > pdp 8
> > > was the older actual station monitoring units.
> > > I would strongly believe if you know what the 5000 wants these days its
> > > very reasonable to emulate the control system.
> > > That said in the US the only GRI I could monitor was the great lakes
> > chain
> > > 89700.
> > > It was on and off the air as you might expect for a test.
> > > Regards
> > > Paul
> > > WB8TSL
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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