[time-nuts] Loran transmitters back on the air.

Greg Broburg semiflex at comcast.net
Fri Mar 2 04:44:52 UTC 2012


Keith Peshak has a setup located in Georgetown Texas that tracks the 
position of a fixed Loran antenna and an fixed GPS antenna. The Loran 
beats the GPS all of the time does not need wide area augmentation to 
nail down the center of a runway.

On 3/1/2012 10:26 PM, Hal Murray wrote:
> What sort of accuracy can I expect from a Loran type system?
>
> I assume the answer is "it depends", but I'm looking for the overview type
> answer.  What does it depend upon?  What are the ballpark type answers?  What
> info should I be providing to get better answers?
>
> I assume it depends upon the distance from the transmitter.  How much does it
> depend upon time-of-day type propagation delays?
>
> If I use GPS to determine my position, how much does a known good position
> help a Loran type system to determine timing at a that location?  Assume I
> have months to calibrate the system.
>
>




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