Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-16 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 07/16/2012 03:28 AM, Tom Miller wrote: I believe they called that system a bell ringer. It let the sub know that it had to come close to the surface to receive new information. I'll need to google around to find more about it. We had a ELF transmitter (NSS) in Annapolis that transmitted

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-16 Thread Didier Juges
I believe ELF is more like 100 Hz, which can be received much deeper, so the sub can stay at the bottom. 24kHz is VLF. Didier KO4BB Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: On 07/16/2012 03:28 AM, Tom Miller wrote: I believe they called that system a bell ringer. It let the

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-16 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi Didier: Yes, here's a table with some sub com frequencies: http://www.prc68.com/I/FA.shtml#ELF Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html Didier Juges wrote: I believe ELF is more like 100 Hz, which can be received much deeper, so the

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-16 Thread Tom Miller
: Didier Juges shali...@gmail.com To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival I believe ELF is more like 100 Hz, which can be received much deeper, so the sub can stay

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-16 Thread Tom Miller
of 150 feet. Best regards, Tom - Original Message - From: Brooke Clarke bro...@pacific.net To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival Hi Didier: Yes, here's

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread J. Forster
Rather than messing with WWVB, some LORAN-C should be put back on the air. It is essentially impossible to jam, unlike GPS or WWVB. I could easily see it with a small (1') loop and a 'scope. YMMV, -John == Perry you mean like the 10' X 10' loop I put up? It has about 800

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 07/15/2012 11:48 AM, J. Forster wrote: Rather than messing with WWVB, some LORAN-C should be put back on the air. It is essentially impossible to jam, unlike GPS or WWVB. A first place to look to check out that claim would be:

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread J. Forster
Notice I said 'some'. One station would suffice. I'm only interested in a standard of time interval. -John = On 07/15/2012 11:48 AM, J. Forster wrote: Rather than messing with WWVB, some LORAN-C should be put back on the air. It is essentially impossible to jam, unlike GPS

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 07/15/2012 12:49 PM, J. Forster wrote: Notice I said 'some'. One station would suffice. I'm only interested in a standard of time interval. That may not be sufficient for other uses, such as navigation. Firing one up for frequency source only would probably not be motivated. Cheers,

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Bob Camp
Hi The *only* way for redundancy to do any good is for it to be designed into systems. That simply is not done. It was not done back when everything was on the air. It's not going to be done now (can't) or in the future (prediction). Why? It costs money, it did cost money, it will cost money.

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 2:48 AM, J. Forster j...@quikus.com wrote: Rather than messing with WWVB, some LORAN-C should be put back on the air. It is essentially impossible to jam, unlike GPS or WWVB. I could easily see it with a small (1') loop and a 'scope. YMMV, -John ==

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Bob Camp
Hi …. and the same cockroach approach is by far the easier way to take out a cell system. Bob On Jul 15, 2012, at 12:34 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 2:48 AM, J. Forster j...@quikus.com wrote: Rather than messing with WWVB, some LORAN-C should be put back on the air.

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Don Latham
No you use a great number of tiny overlapping cells combined with spread spectrum and strong encryption and you control it with a some kind of self organizing mesh network, not a top-down control system. What this does is mimic nature. Think about rats and cockroaches Chris Albertson

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread jmfranke
: Sunday, July 15, 2012 12:53 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival No you use a great number of tiny overlapping cells combined with spread spectrum and strong encryption and you control

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Tom Miller
jmfra...@cox.net To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival Was it GWEN (Ground Wave Emergency Network)? When it was shut down, many of the transmitter sites were

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Mark Spencer
- From: jmfranke jmfra...@cox.net To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival Was it GWEN (Ground Wave Emergency Network)? When it was shut down, many

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread John Seamons
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/01septoct/gwen.cfm; http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=SiteLocations; http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/ndgps/DGPS_Site_Table.pdf; The only ones I know for a fact were former GWEN sites are Essex CA and ABQ NM. I can hear 29 +/- of these with an

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread John Seamons
I can't seem to remember it's angle brackets you use to quote a url. Sorry about that for those of you reading on the archive and getting bad links. Try below: On Jul 15, 2012, at 1:42 PM, John Seamons wrote: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/01septoct/gwen.cfm

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread J. Forster
measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival Was it GWEN (Ground Wave Emergency Network)? When it was shut down, many of the transmitter sites were scheduled to be used as part of an inland LORAN system run primarily

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Mark Spencer
and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival Was it GWEN (Ground Wave Emergency Network)? When it was shut down, many of the transmitter sites were scheduled to be used as part of an inland LORAN system run

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Don Latham
: Don Latham d...@montana.com Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 12:53 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival No you use a great number of tiny overlapping cells combined with spread spectrum

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Jim Lux
On 7/15/12 12:38 PM, Mark Spencer wrote: Some form of backup to gps would be nice for timing purposes. I wonder if a secondary sattelite based system for timing use only over the continental US might be the way to go. (Ie. a transmitter on a geo stationary sattelite that could emulate

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Jim Lux
On 7/15/12 1:32 PM, Mark Spencer wrote: In my view a backup solution that allows the existing gps based timing receivers to be used makes a reasonable ammount of sense. Another approach could involve ground based transmitters on high buildings or mountain tops. Retuned Lightsquared

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Mark Spencer
Good point about WAAS. I wonder if newer timing receivers that support WAAS would continue to function in a stationary mode if they could only receive valid signals from WAAS ? I also wonder if the WAAS ground segment would continue to function without GPS ? That being said the

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Lee Mushel
time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival could be it... Don jmfranke Was it GWEN (Ground Wave Emergency Network)? When it was shut down, many of the transmitter sites were scheduled

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 07/16/2012 12:21 AM, Mark Spencer wrote: Good point about WAAS. I wonder if newer timing receivers that support WAAS would continue to function in a stationary mode if they could only receive valid signals from WAAS ? I also wonder if the WAAS ground segment would continue to function

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Tom Miller
3 inch diameter litz wire? Regards, Tom - Original Message - From: Lee Mushel herbe...@centurytel.net To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival Well

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: The benefit of WAAS and EGNOS is that they have a fixed location in the sky. so you could use a highly directional antenna, like a parabolic antenna, which would provide suppression of most jamming signal

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-15 Thread Jim Lux
On 7/15/12 6:25 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: The benefit of WAAS and EGNOS is that they have a fixed location in the sky. so you could use a highly directional antenna, like a parabolic antenna, which would

[time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-14 Thread Perry Sandeen
GM List, What has not been mentioned so far is national security needs of the democratic nations of the world for uninterrupted accurate time/frequency information that is not subject to interference or destruction by those nations diametrically opposed to personal freedom. The United States

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-14 Thread paul swed
Perry you mean like the 10' X 10' loop I put up? It has about 800 ft of wire. Brang the daytime signal fro 30 uv to an easy 60 +. Compared to a 2.5 ft loop. Yes higher power would be good. Regards paul On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Perry Sandeen sandee...@yahoo.com wrote: GM List, What has

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB and Free Democracies Survival

2012-07-14 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
Offhand I'd estimate it would be easier for some bad guys to put a crude A-bomb on top of a SCUD and put America into the horse and buggy age with an EMP attack than to take out a significant number of GPS satellites. NLK in Washington state has been off the for almost two months now. Depending