I wonder if there is any point in contacting the Canadians about keeping LORAN operating?
-John =============== > Unfortunately I had to travel during the shutdown. I had wanted to listen. > But I fired up the austron and 59300 locks (Canadian LORAN) > Like you, I have only ever heard dual rate. Now its a steady patter until > Sept/Oct when even that will go away. > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Rich and Marcia Putz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi all; >> Just an aside, after hearing dual rated Lorsta Dana for the last 25 >> years, >> it is interesting to now hear a single rated chain. Rather than the >> syncopated clatter of Dana, now just a smooth pitter! The east coast >> Canadian chain is much weaker here in northern Indiana than Dana (about >> 125 >> miles air) but still quite copyable on my IC-725. >> As far as useability at this point, while Dana was still on I switched >> my >> 2100F over to GRI 5930 and it only took about 1/2 hour to be locked and >> start reading my Austron 1250 frequency numbers. I get my main frequency >> reference from a TAPR T-bolt, but the Austron 2100F was a fun >> experiment. I >> guess the next Loran adventure can be DXing chains. >> Regards; Rich >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
