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 <bill.ric...@verizon.net> wrote: > come on Paul - you need another project! > > 73 > > B > > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] 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 <bill.ric...@verizon.net> > 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: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] > > 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 -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.