[time-nuts] Loran C returning to a station near you...

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Wed Jul 15 02:41:17 EDT 2015


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In message <3E8A4741-F565-4D2F-834F-62ECA1CA1920 at n1k.org>, Bob Camp writes:

>If you look at the spectral width of the existing Loran-C (or
>similar) waveform, it’s a massive thing. You would have a hard time
>coming up with something that spreads more crud around the VLF range.

The reason Loran-C "spreads crud" is *only* the combinationa of the
pulse-groups and the periodicity of the GRI.

The pulses themselves are entirely contained inside the allocated
frequency band.


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