[time-nuts] Loran transmitters back on the air (first time post from new reader)

DaveH info at blackmountainforge.com
Sat Mar 3 02:21:14 UTC 2012


Signed up two weeks ago and been lurking.

There is a wonderful page for Loran history here:

http://www.loran-history.info/default.asp

Dave (Pacific Northwest)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Mike Naruta AA8K
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 9:16 AM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran transmitters back on the air
> 
> 
> In 1983 we were testing Loran for a vehicle
> tracking application.  We had a van with a
> Loran aviation antenna mounted on the roof
> and a relatively inexpensive marine Loran
> receiver.
> 
> We started with an informal test.  This was
> miles inland, about an hour's drive North
> of Detroit, Michigan.
> 
> We parked on the shoulder of the road, beside
> a wooden post.  I wrote down the latitude and
> longitude.  My supervisor then drove the van
> a mile away.  Then I looked at the Loran
> readout while he drove the same road.  I only
> looked at the display, while giving him verbal
> instructions to slow down, slow down more, and
> finally I said, "Stop!"
> 
> Dick said, "You're not going to believe this."
> I looked up and right outside my window was
> the same post!
> 
> 
> On 03/01/2012 11:26 PM, Hal Murray wrote:
> >
> > What sort of accuracy can I expect from a Loran type system?
> >
> 
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