Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2000C Loran C Receiver

2012-03-05 Thread Azelio Boriani
Yes, the Raynav 520 (a simple navigation receiver, not timing) undestands 4 digits GRIs but its level indicator doesn't show anything for the Lessay chain. I have to double check the antenna and antenna preamp... On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 10:53 PM, J. Forster wrote: > Neither does the 2100F, althou

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message , Bob Camp writes: >You still come back to what killer Loran-C in the first place - >Who is going to use it? No, I don't particularly think Loran-C is a "killer", but until recently it was the only feasilble backup for fragile GNSS signals. >Until somebody shuts down GPS in a big way,

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Azelio Boriani
I agree. On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message , Bob Camp > writes: > > >You still come back to what killer Loran-C in the first place - > >Who is going to use it? > > No, I don't particularly think Loran-C is a "killer", but until recently > it was the only feasi

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Charles P. Steinmetz
Poul-Henning wrote: That would make roll-out a matter not for governments, but for airports, harbours and other interested parties, like for instance DME. Would this mean depending on private parties for precision timing and positioning [using that particular system, of course]? If so, I'm

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <20120305103136.7e0f511b...@karen.lavabit.com>, "Charles P. Steinmet z" writes: >Poul-Henning wrote: > >>That would make roll-out a matter not for governments, but for >>airports, harbours and other interested parties, like for instance >>DME. > >Would this mean depending on private part

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Charles P. Steinmetz
Poul-Henning wrote (regarding the possibility of advanced, private Loran-like systems): Well, that could be your own choice, you can tell your receiver which transmitters you trust. That presumes (i) substantial sophistication on the part of the user and (ii) possession of data that would be

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <20120305113804.48fc411b...@karen.lavabit.com>, "Charles P. Steinmet z" writes: >Technical merit aside, I doubt there is any chance of getting >regulatory approval for such a system, at least in the US, for >practical and political reasons. Indeed, it's absolutely out of the question

[time-nuts] ANN: UK: Ofcom Update: GPS Jamming Notice

2012-03-05 Thread David J Taylor
Folks, I have received the following notice: ___ NOTIFICATION OF A GPS JAMMING EXERCISE SENNYBRIDGE TRAINING AREA, WALES Dates: Between 11-15, 18-22, and 25-29 June 2012 inclusive Times: : BETWEEN 0900 BST AND 1800 BST. Location of jammers: Land based within 5km o

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Charles P. Steinmetz
Poul-Henning wrote: Thats why some people in the military is looking into a modern more lightweight version of "Tactical Loran" for use when GPS is jammed. That is a much easier thing -- our military/intelligence complex (however oxymoronic that notion is) tries very hard to keep its engagem

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/5/12 2:31 AM, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote: Poul-Henning wrote: That would make roll-out a matter not for governments, but for airports, harbours and other interested parties, like for instance DME. Would this mean depending on private parties for precision timing and positioning [using th

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/5/12 3:45 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message<20120305113804.48fc411b...@karen.lavabit.com>, "Charles P. Steinmet z" writes: Technical merit aside, I doubt there is any chance of getting regulatory approval for such a system, at least in the US, for practical and political reasons. I

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/5/12 6:19 AM, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote: Poul-Henning wrote: Thats why some people in the military is looking into a modern more lightweight version of "Tactical Loran" for use when GPS is jammed. That is a much easier thing -- our military/intelligence complex (however oxymoronic that

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
An interesting complexity of any new Loran system is that it won't be able to rely on GPS for time synchronization! John ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <4f54d075.6070...@febo.com>, John Ackermann N8UR writes: >An interesting complexity of any new Loran system is that it won't be >able to rely on GPS for time synchronization! Well, define "rely". If they're using a Cs and GPS-steer that when there is good GPS, I don't see much of a p

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread J. Forster
A "light footprint" LORAN is what I've been suggesting for several days. As to putting it into private hands, there is a potential for massive finmancial fraud in market arbitrage. It was only a couple of weeks ago that this made headlines with GPS timing. -John = > In message <20

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
On 3/5/2012 10:13 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message<4f54d075.6070...@febo.com>, John Ackermann N8UR writes: An interesting complexity of any new Loran system is that it won't be able to rely on GPS for time synchronization! Well, define "rely". If they're using a Cs and GPS-steer that

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Greg Broburg
A woman is waiting outside of the operating room for news of her husbands fate. After some hours of waiting a physician comes to her and in a soft voice gives her the news that he has passed. The situation at hand was that the paperwork was beyond the operating teams capabilities. We will lea

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Bob Camp
Hi If you are doing a "light footprint" system, why fire up the old heavy footprint gear at all? Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of J. Forster Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 10:40 AM To: Discussion of precise time and fr

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Chris Albertson
The best and by far lowest cost solution is to pay TV stations and maybe AM broadcast stations to add a timing pulse a few times per second. No transmitters to build. The receivers would be more complete but that is OK in 2012. In the "old days" it was to expensive to put a complex computer i

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread J. Forster
If the old antennas are still in good shape, why not use them? The post suggesting a LightSquared involvement is interesting. Suppose LightSquared paid for a LORAN system to eliminate some opposition to the deployment of their wifi network? -John === > Hi > > If you are doing a "light

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread J. Forster
Already been done, and patented, without adding pulses to existing AM stations. -John == > The best and by far lowest cost solution is to pay TV stations and > maybe AM broadcast stations to add a timing pulse a few times per > second. No transmitters to build. The receivers wou

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Greg Broburg
Reply to Keith Peshak from Chris Stout. As of now, we don't currently have a schedule for when we will be back on-air. Because we are testing precise timing capabilities under the CRADA, we are only broadcasting from one station which is all that is necessary for disseminating timing informa

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:09 AM, J. Forster wrote: > Already been done, and patented, without adding pulses to  existing AM > stations. Would you happen you know the patent number or something else I could use to do a search on it? I know some one who is working on this. I'd like to be able

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread J. Forster
5. Counselman Charles C III, Hall Timothy D: Instantaneous radiopositioning using signals of opportunity. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jul, 25 2002: WO 2002/057806 -John == > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:09 AM, J. Forster wrote: >> Already been done, and patented, without

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
> > 5. Counselman Charles C III, Hall Timothy D: Instantaneous radiopositioning > using signals of opportunity. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jul, 25 > 2002: WO 2002/057806 > That is an incredibly interesting patent. Thanks for the reference. Peter K1PGV _

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 03/05/2012 03:40 PM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote: An interesting complexity of any new Loran system is that it won't be able to rely on GPS for time synchronization! There is nothing wrong with using GPS WHEN it works, but one has to check if it is not reliable such that one can cut off the d

Re: [time-nuts] Loran in the US

2012-03-05 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Ok, that's more information than we had before about what they are trying to do. Precise timing sounds like a good thing for them to work on :)... Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Greg Broburg Sent: Monday, March

[time-nuts] FE5680A

2012-03-05 Thread Sam Reaves
Hello Group, I just bought four of the FE5680A's that have the standard configuration Pin 1+15, Pin 2 Gnd, Pin 3 Lock, Pin 4 +5V Pin 5 Gnd, Pin 6 1pps?, Pin 7 10MHz, Pin 8 TX, Pin 9 RX. I have a LED with a 330 ohm current limiting resistor on pin 3 (the 74ACT240 can sink up to 24mA and I am well

Re: [time-nuts] FE5680A

2012-03-05 Thread WB6BNQ
Sam, As far as the 1pps is concerned, it is only 1 microsecond in width. So, I doubt you are going to see it on the LED without a pulse stretcher as that is too fast for your eyes. Use a one shot to lengthen the pulse to at least 1/2 second. The RS-232 is used to command very small frequency ad

Re: [time-nuts] FE5680A

2012-03-05 Thread Mike McCauley
Hi, On Monday, March 05, 2012 10:18:58 PM Sam Reaves wrote: > Hello Group, > > I just bought four of the FE5680A's that have the standard configuration > Pin 1+15, Pin 2 Gnd, Pin 3 Lock, Pin 4 +5V Pin 5 Gnd, Pin 6 1pps?, Pin 7 > 10MHz, Pin 8 TX, Pin 9 RX. > > I have a LED with a 330 ohm current

[time-nuts] LoranView software

2012-03-05 Thread Chris 4X1RF
Hello, Maybe some of you will find useful for Loran monitoring the software Markus, DF6NM wrote quite a while ago: http://www.alice-dsl.net/df6nm/LoranView/LoranGrabber.htm He was nice enough to make a newer version for my use which uses PPS for synchronization: http://qsl.net/4x1rf/loran/loran.ht