[Boatanchors] LightSquared

[J. Forster]

The signal is rock steady. It must have been propagation or something.

-John

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com>
> To: "Charles Ring" <w3nu at roadrunner.com>
> Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "Drew P."
> <drewrailleur807 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 7:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] LightSquared
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>> There is not much to hear on either LORAN-A or LORAN-C.
>>
>> At any fixed location, the signals will not vary in time.
>>
>> LORAN-A is just a short RF pulse, followed a fixed time
>> later by another
>> identical pulse; repeat ad infinitum.
>>
>> -John
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>      I used to hear Loran-A all the time, it had what music
> people call a phasing or flanging effect so that the pitch
> of the pulses ran up and down cyclically.  It was a great
> signal for testing noise limiters. I could just barely hear
> a Loran-C station on my BC-779 but I did not attempt to make
> any sort of LW antenna. I have no idea where that station
> was but the Loran-A station must have been in San Pedro
> because it was consistently very strong both day and night.
>
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
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