Actually if I had a spare $36M or less I might buy the station on Nantucket. ;-) Change it from LORAN to Master freq reference... Though I am thinking several CS standards would be cheaper. Certainly draws less power
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:07 PM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: > Sure they might take a check for $36M or so. > As they have said without the yanks, its broke. So they will shut down > before Oct. > Its all about $$$$$$ > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:58 PM, J. Forster <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> > > _______________________________________________ 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.
