Still chugging along just fine. A real reference. None of these spinny satellite things you can't see. Regards Paul
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:38 PM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes indeed. But the ole wwvb is keeping me pretty busy as is. If that was > done it would be easy to build the loopstick up. I think I have an old wwvb > loopstick and just need to change the tuning cap. > > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Bill Riches <[email protected]>wrote: > >> come on Paul - you need another project! >> >> 73 >> >> B >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of paul swed >> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 9:30 PM >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Locked onto LORAN 8970 GRI Monday AM >> >> Oh what a detour. It sounds like I may need to build a small loop stick >> antenna to see what that may do. I would agree that if you were at the >> station your needle or meter should have been pegged. I really don't need >> another project right now. :-) Regards Paul. >> >> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Bill Riches <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi Stan, >> > >> > Now I am confused!! I have an 857 and 80 - 6 screwdriver in my car. >> > Tuned it up on 3800, then looked at broadcast band - Distant stations >> > 500 - 600 khz were coming in aboug s9. Heard 100khz about s1 - qth is >> > 9 miles line of site from wildwood tower. Drove to Wildwood and down >> > to the old engineering station that has been abandoned and turned into >> > a nature trail. Drove out to Loran gate - 500 feet from tower sig was >> > up to S9. Thought it would be stronger. No one around but left my qsl >> > card with a note -n "Call me, I have questions!" and my phone number >> > in the gate access box. Will see if I get a call. >> > >> > I have a Wellbrook 1010 loop at 20 feet and am getting a null at about >> > 30 degrees when receiving 100 khz. I checked null on a Wildwood AM >> > station on >> > 1230 and it is at 135 degrees so I know the loop is working. >> > >> > When I approached the tower I thought I should have a real strong >> > signal but it only went up to about s9. I now think that Wildwood is >> > not on the air and the increase in signal was being close to the 625 >> > foot tower and it was acting as a passive repeater since it is >> > resonant to 100 khz. So what loran station could be on the air at >> > about 30 degrees or so from Cape May Court House, NJ 39 05 N 74 51 W >> > Tower is 38 57 N 74 52 W. Mileage 9 miles and >> > 185 deg from me. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> > On Behalf Of Stan, W1LE >> > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 1:25 PM >> > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Locked onto LORAN 8970 GRI Monday AM >> > >> > Hello Bill, >> > >> > I have no real idea. I can not DF at this time. Antenna is an omni. >> > >> > I suspect the FS700 receiver looks at GRI data and placement within >> > the waveform and goes to a look up table in firmware to tell me the >> > supposed location to the LORAN plan 10 years ago. >> > >> > Only thing that may be possible is the RX signal strengths are >> > different for master and slave, so they may be physically separated or >> > their TX RF is from one location at different power levels. >> > >> > It will be interesting what your contact at Wildwood (NJ) has to say. >> > >> > Stan, W1LE Cape Cod >> > >> > >> > On 2/5/2013 1:06 PM, Bill Riches wrote: >> > > OK Stan, >> > > >> > > What stations are you receiving - not GRI numbers but locations! >> > > >> > > Bill Riches >> > > Cape May >> > > >> > > - >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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. >> > > _______________________________________________ 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.
