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

[J. Forster]

Sometimes, it pays to just sit on your butt. I never took my Austron loop
down or the 2100F out of the rack.  :)))

-John

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> 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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