Hi Looks like the marine version was something ONI rented you on a per hour basis. I suspect that keeping one running at sea was a bit of a chore.
Bob On Mar 4, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Glen Hoag <[email protected]> wrote: > In searching the archives of the International Loran Association > <http://www.loran.org>, I note that Austron offered two versions of the 5000. > There was the station monitor version that was used as part of the system to > apply time corrections as well as a marine system, both controlled by a PDP-8. > > --Glen Hoag > [email protected] > > At 10:17 AM 3/4/2012, you wrote: >> Well >> A couple of things. They are not the gov. They go home on the weekends. >> So do take a listen to 100KC during the week. >> I looked at the austron 5000 it was a loran station monitor. What a beasty >> it actually is. >> Though the nixies are nice. I guess my loran simulator would drive it. >> But can't imagine what it must actually weight. >> My older austron 2000 is heavy and a bear to operate. >> Regards >> Paul. >> >> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Andy Lokken <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hi Paul: >> > >> > It was your reports of the Great Lakes chain that got me interested in >> > this. I live in St. Paul, Minnesota, so I am hopeful of hearing it here. I >> > have a couple other LF receivers with which to try to hear Loran C, so I >> > still have options. >> > >> > Obviously, before I invest much in this, I want to see that the feds have a >> > long term interest in maintaining Loran again, and especially the GL chain. >> > >> > -Andy >> > >> > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 10:28 AM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > That is indeed interesting because the only rcvr I knew that needed a >> > pdp 8 >> > > was the older actual station monitoring units. >> > > I would strongly believe if you know what the 5000 wants these days its >> > > very reasonable to emulate the control system. >> > > That said in the US the only GRI I could monitor was the great lakes >> > chain >> > > 89700. >> > > It was on and off the air as you might expect for a test. >> > > Regards >> > > Paul >> > > WB8TSL >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > _______________________________________ >> > Andy Lokken >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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.
