[time-nuts] Locked onto LORAN 8970 GRI Monday AM

paul swed paulswedb at gmail.com
Tue Feb 5 22:38:17 EST 2013


Yes indeed. But the ole wwvb is keeping me pretty busy as is. If that was
done it would be easy to build the loopstick up. I think I have an old wwvb
loopstick and just need to change the tuning cap.

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Bill Riches <bill.riches at verizon.net> wrote:

> come on Paul - you need another project!
>
> 73
>
> B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of paul swed
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 9:30 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Locked onto LORAN 8970 GRI Monday AM
>
> Oh what a detour. It sounds like I may need to build a small loop stick
> antenna to see what that may do. I would agree that if you were at the
> station your needle or meter should have been pegged. I really don't need
> another project right now. :-) Regards Paul.
>
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Bill Riches <bill.riches at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Stan,
> >
> > Now I am confused!!  I have an 857 and 80 - 6 screwdriver in my car.
> > Tuned it up on 3800, then looked at broadcast band - Distant stations
> > 500 - 600 khz were coming in aboug s9.  Heard 100khz about s1 - qth is
> > 9 miles line of site from wildwood tower.  Drove to Wildwood and down
> > to the old engineering station that has been abandoned and turned into
> > a nature trail.  Drove out to Loran gate - 500 feet from tower sig was
> > up to S9.  Thought it would be stronger. No one around but left my qsl
> > card with a note -n "Call me, I have questions!" and my phone number
> > in the gate access box.  Will see if I get a call.
> >
> > I have a Wellbrook 1010 loop at 20 feet and am getting a null at about
> > 30 degrees when receiving 100 khz.  I checked null on a Wildwood AM
> > station on
> > 1230 and it is at 135 degrees so I know the loop is working.
> >
> > When I approached the tower I thought I should have a real strong
> > signal but it only went up to about s9.  I now think that Wildwood is
> > not on the air and the increase in signal was being close to the 625
> > foot tower and it was acting as a passive repeater since it is
> > resonant to 100 khz.  So what loran station could be on the air at
> > about 30 degrees or so from Cape May Court House, NJ 39 05 N  74 51 W
> > Tower is 38 57 N  74 52 W.  Mileage 9 miles and
> > 185 deg from me.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]
> > On Behalf Of Stan, W1LE
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 1:25 PM
> > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Locked onto LORAN 8970 GRI Monday AM
> >
> > Hello Bill,
> >
> > I have no real idea. I can not DF at this time. Antenna is an omni.
> >
> > I suspect the FS700 receiver looks at GRI data and placement within
> > the waveform and goes to a look up table in firmware to tell me the
> > supposed location to the LORAN plan 10 years ago.
> >
> > Only thing that may be possible is the RX signal strengths are
> > different for master and slave, so they may be physically separated or
> > their TX RF is from one location at different power levels.
> >
> > It will be interesting what your contact at Wildwood (NJ) has to say.
> >
> > Stan, W1LE   Cape Cod
> >
> >
> > On 2/5/2013 1:06 PM, Bill Riches wrote:
> > > OK Stan,
> > >
> > > What stations are you receiving - not GRI numbers but locations!
> > >
> > > Bill Riches
> > > Cape May
> > >
> > > -
> >
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