Hi I wonder what just the electric bill is to keep a single chain (4 transmitters) up and running?
They automated away most of the on-site / hands on stuff back a while ago (80's?). I would *guess* that electricity is a significant portion of what it costs to keep things running. Bob On Feb 14, 2010, at 1:36 PM, J. Forster wrote: > Jerry is a WW II and after Navy info collector. He has a really nice web > site on all sorts of things. > > He also occasionally sends out really funny jokes. The LORAN site appears > to be a spoof, but it's not such a bad idea, IMO. > > Best, > -John > > ============= > > >> Sorry, this appears to be a hoax. Jerry is Canadian and perhaps not >> familiar with US politics. Searching for "LORAN saved" gets no recent >> hits except for this article. One person on the list asked if it was >> the first of April already (April Fool's Day). >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bill Hawkins >> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:49 AM >> To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran C sounds >> >> >> This reference showed up in a radio list from a reliable source (Jerry >> Proc): >> >> http://thek3ngreport.blogspot.com/2010/02/radio-amateur-volunteers-to-save-l >> oran.html >> >> Bill Hawkins >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.
