[time-nuts] MSF Shutdown

[paul swed]

Nigel
Good to know. I may give it a try tonight. I had been able to on occasion
pick up the European chain. Winter. But since its turned on, worth a try
over the next few nights just for fun.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 12:46 PM <gandalfg8 at aol.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> The GRI is 67310, left over from when Anthorn was part of the Lessay chain.
>
> The Anthorn station was originally expected to be at Loop Head in Ireland
> but never went into service there, although SRS never caught up with that
> and FS700s are still programmed to show Loop Head on the LCD display.
>
> When Loran C was shut down in Europe an experimental eLoran transmission
> was left running from Anthorn and despite some interruptions it remains on
> air, transmitting simultaneously as a master and one secondary.
>
> Because it's no longer an "official" transmission there's no information
> on outages etc, the Loran Europe web site was shut down along with the
> service, but it's a fair bet that for safety reason it will also be off air
> when MSF is down for maintenance.
>
> Nigel
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com>
> To: gandalfg8 at aol.com; Discussion of precise time and frequency
> measurement <time-nuts at lists.febo.com>
> Sent: Mon, 4 May 2020 16:10
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] MSF Shutdown
>
> Nigel
> Interesting LORAN C is on also? Would you know what GRI?
> Regards
> Paul
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 9:57 AM gandalfg8--- via time-nuts <
> time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:
>
> From NPL..
>
> "A maintenance shutdown of the MSF service to allow safe working on the
> masts and antennas was scheduled to take place from 28 April - 13 May
> 2020.The planned work has now been completed, and no further interruptions
> to the service are expected during the period."
> Loran confirmed as back on also.
>
> Nigel GM8PZR
>
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