In message 000501c9a7b1$ef689bb0$a101a...@officemail, phil writes:
GMT based (UT1?): Great Brittian, Denmark
No, legally Denmark is still on mean solar time.
https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=83966
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Sorry Magnus,
my comment were not related exactly to your question, I know.
Mainly I did want to help to clarify a bit wether France does or
not base their official time to UTC. [L'HEURE LEGALE ou l'heure
en usage en France se détermine à partir du Temps universel
coordonné (UTC). par le
Sorry again,
not of real importance, but
I forgot to annex the mentioned map,
On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:53:48 +0100, Arnold Tibus wrote:
Sorry Magnus,
my comment were not related exactly to your question, I know.
Mainly I did want to help to clarify a bit wether France does or
not base their
and frequency measurement
: time-nuts@febo.com
: Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:27 PM
: Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran-C French Clocks
:
:
: Arnold,
:
: I therefore cannot see any problem is with France,
: but we have the need to define more precise and stable
: reference time from where we can
In message: 49c033e3.2010...@rubidium.dyndns.org
Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org writes:
: So far:
:
: UTC based: France, Sweden
: GMT based (UT1?): Great Brittian, Denmark
US: UTC
It was Mean Solar Time for a long time, and then it was changed to
Mean Solar Time as
In message: 000501c9a7b1$ef689bb0$a101a...@officemail
phil fort...@bellsouth.net writes:
: This will answers all the questions.
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT
Except that it doesn't answer much of anything for Magnus' questions.
There's only 4 countries listed.
Warner
M. Warner Losh skrev:
In message: 000501c9a7b1$ef689bb0$a101a...@officemail
phil fort...@bellsouth.net writes:
: This will answers all the questions.
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT
Except that it doesn't answer much of anything for Magnus' questions.
There's only 4
Arnold,
Arnold Tibus skrev:
Sorry Magnus,
my comment were not related exactly to your question, I know.
OK. No problem.
Mainly I did want to help to clarify a bit wether France does or
not base their official time to UTC. [L'HEURE LEGALE ou l'heure
en usage en France se détermine à
M. Warner Losh skrev:
In message: 49c17d52.6050...@rubidium.dyndns.org
Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org writes:
: I am still wondering who would set up NTP servers that provides UT1 time
: in order to realize GMT over NTP. It would not be all that difficult as
:
Rich and Marcia Putz skrev:
Hi all;
Gov't got to save that money for executive bonuses!
Also, would anyone like to speculate when France finally accepted UTC?
Uhm? I thought France was UTC country...
Anyone got a comprehensive list of what time scale is legally accepted
in various
Hi Magnus,
Try this site out for size:
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/timezone.htm
73,
Steve
2009/3/17 Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org:
Rich and Marcia Putz skrev:
Hi all;
Gov't got to save that money for executive bonuses!
Also, would anyone like to speculate when
And they are on CET = GMT+1
2009/3/17 Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org:
Rich and Marcia Putz skrev:
Hi all;
Gov't got to save that money for executive bonuses!
Also, would anyone like to speculate when France finally accepted UTC?
Uhm? I thought France was UTC country...
...@febo.com wrote:
Never ??
73, Dick, W1KSZ
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From: Rich and Marcia Putz rp...@bnin.net
Sent: Mar 16, 2009 6:54 PM
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: [time-nuts] Loran-C French Clocks
Hi all;
Gov't got to save that money for executive bonuses!
Also, would
UTC? France? Of course they do accept it! see :
Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)
(www.utc.fr/)
[ ;-) ]
More seriously:
We do use in Europe, including France, CET ¡
Central European Time, Time zone offset: UTC + 1 hour.
Interesting facts:
The GPS navigation system has GPS Time
On 3/17/09 5:58 AM, Arnold Tibus arnold.ti...@gmx.de wrote:
Interesting facts:
The GPS navigation system has GPS Time as its basis. Galileo
will have TAI as its basis. GLONASS has UTC as its basis,
Air traffic controllers are using UTC.
The latter is probably because air traffic control
In message c5e4ee4d.6481%james.p@jpl.nasa.gov, Lux, James P writes:
On 3/17/09 5:58 AM, Arnold Tibus arnold.ti...@gmx.de wrote:
Interesting facts:
The GPS navigation system has GPS Time as its basis. Galileo
will have TAI as its basis. GLONASS has UTC as its basis,
Air traffic
Hi Poul:
I've more than once misread a clock display of the type 12:34:05.
I've noticed that military clocks show 1234:05 and there's no mistaking the
time. Seems like a more foolproof display format.
Have Fun,
Brooke Clarke
http://www.prc68.com
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
In message
Arnold,
I therefore cannot see any problem is with France,
but we have the need to define more precise and stable
reference time from where we can then measure and add
the Earth and Solar instabilities for our daily used standard
watches, in order to be enabled still to continue living
Steve Rooke skrev:
Hi Magnus,
Try this site out for size:
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/timezone.htm
No. It just fails to make the distinction that I am asking for...
Stockholm, Sweden is UTC+1h as normal time and UTC+2h as summer time,
not GMT+1h and GMT+2h as indicated in the
to correct me if I'm wrong here.
Rob Kimberley
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From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On
Behalf Of Magnus Danielson
Sent: 17 March 2009 19:20
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran-C French Clocks
Magnus, at least as of 2000, GMT was still the legal time in the UK,
though it doesn't have a technically accurate definition any more. A
bill in 1997 attempted to change UK time to UTC, but it died in Parliament.
There's some discussion of this at pages 93-94 of a book that was
recommended
in UTC...
Have a nice day,
Jean-Louis Oneto
Grasse - France
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To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
time-nuts@febo.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran-C French
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From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
[mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Smith
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 12:05 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran-C French Clocks
Not exactly the case
Looks like the original post in this thread was a troll, as in fishing
for bites.
Anybody know this guy?
Bill Hawkins
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From: Rich and Marcia Putz
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 5:55 PM
Hi all;
Gov't got to save that money for executive bonuses!
Also, would anyone
and frequency measurement
time-nuts@febo.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran-C French Clocks
Arnold,
I therefore cannot see any problem is with France,
but we have the need to define more precise and stable
reference time from where we can then measure
I can vouch for Rich -- he's been on the list for a long time.
John
Bill Hawkins said the following on 03/17/2009 06:33 PM:
Looks like the original post in this thread was a troll, as in fishing
for bites.
Anybody know this guy?
Bill Hawkins
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From:
: Re: [time-nuts] Loran-C French Clocks
UTC is the accepted international standard, but GMT appears to be
steadfastly held onto by the UK (especially Government departments). I
believe that GMT is actually by definition UTC_NPL, i.e. NPL contributes
to
UTC, but will have a small local offset
Hi all;
Gov't got to save that money for executive bonuses!
Also, would anyone like to speculate when France finally accepted UTC?
Rich
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73, Dick, W1KSZ
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From: Rich and Marcia Putz rp...@bnin.net
Sent: Mar 16, 2009 6:54 PM
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: [time-nuts] Loran-C French Clocks
Hi all;
Gov't got to save that money for executive bonuses!
Also, would anyone like to speculate when
According to Wikipedia (a handy way to avoid speculation), international
agreement was reached in 1960.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time
UTC is a compromise between the French and British initials.
Bill Hawkins
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From: Rich and Marcia Putz
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From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
[mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bill Hawkins
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 4:33 PM
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran-C French Clocks
According
Just noticed this.FYI
Not sure how this fits in with eLORAN efforts.
The Operating Status of LORAN-C
LORAN-C provides coverage for maritime navigation in U.S. coastal areas. It
provides navigation, location, and timing services for both civil and military
air, land and marine users.
Just saw that the 2010 Federal budget says that LORAN-C stations
operated by the US Coast Guard (isn't that all of them in the US?) will
be shut down sometime after the end of the 2009 fiscal year:
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/loran/default.htm
The last I'd heard, it sounded like LORAN-C was safe
In message 49b9476c.2070...@febo.com, John Ackermann N8UR writes:
Just saw that the 2010 Federal budget says that LORAN-C stations
operated by the US Coast Guard (isn't that all of them in the US?) will
be shut down sometime after the end of the 2009 fiscal year:
This is the washington monument budget ploy. For example, the Park
Service is told to come up with a budget plan. The PS says to save $ we'll
close the Washington Monument, the public recoils from this idea, congress
funds it. It's a dangerous process, 'cause congress can call the bluff.
But if we
Found this :
Funding provided in Coast Guard Operating Expenses account
Congress is funding the e-loran from the Coast Guard's money no wonder they
don't like it, would be different if the earmark was funded with new money.
change xx to tt
More info here:
hxxp://www.insidegnss.com/node/551
(change xx to tt , sorry many ads on this linked site)
Since 1999, Congress has allocated $160 million to begin the eLORAN
improvements, according to a presentation by USCG Capt. Curt Dubay to the U.S.
Space-Based PNT Executive Committee
Not a lot of details. Maybe some business opportunities.
Stan, W1LE
036-2008-SC127-DIST.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
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Poul,
I should have remembered, as I now recall seeing your page (duh!), thanks!!!
Do you know the
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OK, thanks for the useful information . I thought you might have resonated
the loop to get some filtering
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] LORAN-C antenna
A loop antenna is more or less flat until the stray
capacitance of the loop windings take it down.
I put a low-pass filter which cuts around 300-500 kHz on this
one, because I have a MW transmitter at 1062 kHz
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Hello The Net:
Are there more modern Loran-C receivers than the Austron 2100 series ?
Purpose is for frequency comparison to E13 or better and timing to UTC.
Stan, W1LE FN41sr Cape Cod
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Hi Stan:
GPS is the preferred method.
For Loran-c the SRS F700 is probably the best current production receiver.
Would be good for use in urban canyons or other places where a good GPS signal
is not available.
Hello The Net:
Are there more modern Loran-C receivers than the Austron 2100 series ?
Purpose is for frequency comparison to E13 or better and timing to UTC.
Stan, W1LE FN41sr Cape Cod
There are also vintage Austron 2000 model(s).
But the 2100-series is a better buy if you can find
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] LORAN-C antenna
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Poul,
I should have remembered, as I now recall seeing your page (duh!),
thanks
2007 03:02
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] LORAN-C antenna
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Hello Didier,
I am using a commercial active whip antenna, McKay-Dymek model DA100A.
It is outside on a tripod, about 12
That last shot looked a little better. It's a tough thing to see on an
SA - being just groups of pulses. It takes max-hold a little while to
build things up with a digital display.
-Carl
On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 22:23 -0600, Didier Juges wrote:
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Bill is correct - 10V should do it; these couplers were fed DC up the
coax with ~10mH of choke from a circuit that could detect whether the
load of the amplifier was present or shorted (essentially open and
short DC antenna
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Didier Juges said the following on 11/12/2007 10:48 PM:
I have tried to listen with my HP 3586 and my 80 meter antenna (which is
actually about 20m long and 50 feet up at one end, 30 feet up at the other
end), but I have
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Didier Juges said the following on 11/12/2007 11:02 PM:
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I get this (see picture) with the spectrum analyzer and my wire antenna.
That looks a lot
Didier Juges wrote:
Is it possible to build a Loran antenna?
Yes.
For my Austron 2100 I built an active ferrite rod antenna which works
very well. Much better than an active rod since by using the magnetic
field component, it rejects a lot of the local interference (tv
timebases and
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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dan Rae writes:
I filled a ferrite rod (from an old BC receiver) with a bifilar winding
of wire wrap wire, parallel C to resonate at 100 kHz and the center tap
grounded.
For Loran-C too much
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To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: [time-nuts] LORAN-C antenna
Speaking of Loran, I have an old Loran receiver (origin forgotten) and no
antenna.
Is it possible to build a Loran antenna?
I understand Loran uses narrow pulses of 100 kHz, so
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Stan's comments below about his noted errors between
LORAN GPS that range from E10 to E13 each day remind me
of the similar errors that I have observed.
I had originally attributed them to ground-wave vs. sky-wave
propagation
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For what it's worth, I've never felt that the frequency error display on
the 2100 series was all that reliable, even when you use the longest
averaging time. When I've used LORAN for frequency measurement, I hook
an A/D on the
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Speaking of Loran, I have an old Loran receiver (origin forgotten) and no
antenna.
Is it possible to build a Loran antenna?
I understand Loran uses narrow pulses of 100 kHz, so the antenna must have
sufficient bandwidth to
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You're probably pretty close to the Jupiter, Florida station. A piece
of wire will probably do the trick.
John
Didier Juges said the following on 11/12/2007 07:11 PM:
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DJ,
Actually, you are closest to the Malone, FL LORAN, about 30 miles due
south of Dothan, AL. They run 800kW into a 700 foot monopole array. For
more info see http://www.uscg.mil/d8/lorstamalone/default.asp .
--Mike
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Of Mike Niswonger
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DJ,
Actually, you are closest to the Malone, FL LORAN, about
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You can build your own LORAN-C antenna coupler without too much trouble.
A lifetime or so ago, I was one of the analog design team at the company
that made Northstar LORAN-C receivers for marine and aircraft
navigation. The
Hello Didier,
I am using a commercial active whip antenna, McKay-Dymek model DA100A.
It is outside on a tripod, about 12' to the base. Very broadband and
omnidirectional.
I use for VLF RX on 137 and 185 KHz as well as RX during HF FMTs.
A resonant magnetic loop antenna may have enough bandwidth,
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Is it possible to build a Loran antenna?
Sure. There are plenty of plans out there or LF, mostly loops, diamonds,
squares and E-probes. Try google. If that doesn't work, I'll chase down
the set of links I have.
I built a
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] LORAN-C antenna
Didier, that ought to be just about in your back yard!! I did
some consulting for one
the tower :-)
Didier KO4BB
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl Walker
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 8:31 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] LORAN-C antenna
You can build your
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Didier Juges
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measurement'
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] LORAN-C antenna
I get this (see picture) with the spectrum analyzer and my
wire antenna.
That looks a lot
of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] LORAN-C antenna
You can build your own LORAN-C antenna coupler without too
much trouble.
A lifetime or so ago, I was one of the analog design team at
the company that made Northstar LORAN-C receivers for marine
and aircraft
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Hi:
Here is a plot from 0 to 200 kHz that shows LORAN-C, WWVB and the interfering
military RTTY stations. http://www.prc68.com/I/Images/AMRAD_BT.GIF
Ext Ref is the GPS locked PRS10 Rb.
Have Fun,
Brooke Clarke
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Can someone confirm that the E10 to E13 errors are typical
of the 2100F? And what ultimate long-term stability have others
been able to achieve using LORAN as a
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Speaking of Loran, I have an old Loran receiver (origin forgotten) and no
antenna.
Is it possible to
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Poul-Henning Kamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: Can someone confirm that the E10 to E13 errors are typical
: of the 2100F? And what ultimate long-term stability have others
: been able to
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From: Rob Kimberley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] LORAN-C Programmatic environmental Impact Statement
(PEIS)?
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:59:46 +0100
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If Galileo flies
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Magnus Danielson skrev:
Norway is very close to close up operation as I understand it. It runs on
extended time.
The operation of the four Norwegian stations has been extended to
the end of 2009.
The Ministry of Fisheries and
If Galileo flies!
Rob
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] LORAN-C Programmatic environmental Impact Statement
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I suspect that only when we have an operational Galileo (or a similar system),
will Norway shut down the 4 stations.
Absent even more irrational politics than
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The situation in Europe is just as uncertain. Germany,
Denmark and Norway announced a couple of years ago that they intend
to turn off their stations, leaving just France (2 stations) and the
UK (no stations at the time)
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] LORAN-C Programmatic environmental Impact Statement
(PEIS)?
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:38:37 +0100
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Hi:
I've received a letter from the navigation office of the USCG that's a notice
intent to conduct a PEIS in accordance with:
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and,
Dept of Homeland Security Management Directive 5100.1 and,
USCG Commandant's Instruction M1475.1D (related to
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On 7/24/2007 5:40:31 PM, Brooke Clarke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Hi:
I've received a letter from the navigation office of the USCG that's a
notice
intent to conduct a PEIS in accordance with:
National Environmental Policy Act
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:23:48 -0800, Bill Beam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 7/24/2007 5:40:31 PM, Brooke Clarke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Hi:
I've received a letter from the navigation office of the USCG that's a
notice
intent
Dear all,
the old good Loean-C is still alive, as I can see.
There is a funny thing about the receiver. The case
of loran signal is that of finding the zero-crossings in
a very polluted signal.
The receivers designed in the '80s use a 1bit ADC
(hard limiter) sampling at some 10 MHz, and find
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Enrico Rubiola w
rites:
It has been demonstrated that in the case of detecting the
zero crossings in highly polluted signals, if the hard limiter
is used instead of the full resolution of an ideal ADC (infinite
number of bits), the SNR is made worse by less than 2
Hi:
There's a new Software Defined Radio by RF Space, makers of the SDR-14,
called the SDR-IQ. The two key differences are that the new radio will
tune down to something like 500 Hz (that's NOT kHz, but Hz) and so will
work for LORAN-C and other low end stuff. The -IQ model has a 190 kHz
Hi:
I found a Loran-C circuit from 1984 done by Ralph Burhans that uses the
MC1350 Video-IF amplifier and the MC1357 Sound-IF amp and Quadrature
detector, but these are no longer available. Does anyone know of
replacement parts? The circuit appears in Low-Frequency Receiving
Techniques,
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Brooke Clarke writes:
Hi:
I found a Loran-C circuit from 1984 done by Ralph Burhans that uses the
MC1350 Video-IF amplifier and the MC1357 Sound-IF amp and Quadrature
detector, but these are no longer available. Does anyone know of
replacement parts? The circuit
Hi Poul:
I'm trying to make a micro controller based unit, not a PC type. So
there's much less horsepower available. That's why I like the envelope
detector by Burhans. An email from Dave Mills indicated that you had
one of his ISA card receivers but that a 12 bit PCI version would be
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Brooke Clarke writes:
Hi Poul:
I'm trying to make a micro controller based unit, not a PC type. So
there's much less horsepower available. That's why I like the envelope
detector by Burhans. An email from Dave Mills indicated that you had
one of his ISA card
I'm trying to make a micro controller based unit, not a PC type. So
there's much less horsepower available.
What size FFT do you need and what rate?
If you can scale things to use integers, an ARM7 can do 256 or 512 point FFTs
every 10 ms.
--
These are my opinions, not necessarily my
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Hal Murr
ay writes:
I'm trying to make a micro controller based unit, not a PC type. So
there's much less horsepower available.
What size FFT do you need and what rate?
FFT's doesn't help Loran-C reception at all.
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Funny you should ask, we had to get some of these to replenish spares
stock in a client site for some gear we built YEARS ago. The MC1357P
is available as the NTE708 (around $7.25 each it seems) and the
MC1350P is an NTE746. The next generation of that design (the MC1350P
as okay in TV's, but
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Funny you should ask, we had to get some of these to replenish spares
stock in a client site for some gear we built YEARS
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Funny you should ask, we had to get some of these to replenish
Did anyone notice lorsta searchlight (chain 9940) drift on the 4th of july 2006
at approximately 0715am pdt
my 2100f showed a phase gain of 150ns that seemed to corect itself by 0930
pdt.
This also happened june 7th 2006 at approximately 1400 pdt with a phase shift
180ns and was
Hi Rob:
What happened to Austron?
Brooke Clarke, N6GCE
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Rob Kimberley wrote:
No, LORAN is most definitely not dead. Good news, as I used to sell LORAN-C
timing from
Austron was a Datum Company, so I assume it is now Symmetricon?
John
At 05:45 PM 4/20/2006, you wrote:
Hi Rob:
What happened to Austron?
Brooke Clarke, N6GCE
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Rob
Greetings from a newcomer in Portugal.
I can receive here some stations of the Lessay (6731) chain with a surplus
Austron 2000C Loran-C receiver. The Xray station (Soustons) is the strongest, of
course. However, because the LSD of the above GRP is not zero, I need to change
two old boards on my
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