[Boatanchors] LORAN A Revisited

[rbethman]

GPS goes wonky?

I only have it "slip" a gear - per se, *IF* I go through a tunnel.

The remainder of the time it has acquired more than enough satellites.

John - you need to update your GPS.  I'm using a Garmin NUVI 1300.

I also use a Garmin made for flying when I am in a private aircraft.  
NEVER had it go *wonky*, whatever that is.

Bob - N0DGN

On 1/25/2013 12:05 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> The shutdown of LORAN-C in favor of GPS only is one of the stupidest moves
> ever. If GPS goes wonky, and it does, there is no backup at all.
>
> YMMV,
>
> -John
>
> ===============
>
>
>> LORAN A used to be the nemisis of 160 meter operation here at one time.
>> New
>> Orleans was in a sector of the coast where NO operation was allowed on 160
>> meters at all.
>> The sound is quite familiar but a bit "softer" in sound than I remember.
>> Gee it has been maybe 60 years sine I heard that sound!
>>
>> After the LORAN A went QRT and LORAN C became popular on 100 khz. it was
>> used a lot by helicopters to fund oil drilling platforms in the Gulf of
>> Mexico, until the serious advent of GPS, which torpedoed all the other
>> navigation systems which paled in comparison.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Sandy W5TVW
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Drew P.
>> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:46 PM
>> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [Boatanchors] LORAN A Revisited
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> A while back there was a thread in this forum starting with GPS
>> interference
>> from LightSquared, progressing to LORAN A, and culminating in wistful
>> recollections of the sound of LORAN A as heard in a radio receiver.  As we
>> know, the LORAN A system in the US went dark over 30 years ago.  One forum
>> participant expressed a wish that he had a recording of LORAN A so heard.
>>
>> I have found an audio clip of a simulation of the sound of LORAN-A. It has
>> the "flanging" characteristic of a channel having 2 stations of differing
>> pulse repetition rates.  Even though the timbre is a little off (probably
>> from ringing in the IFT's of the various tube radios I used back in the
>> day)
>> from the way I remember it, it is still quite good. Here it is for your
>> edification and enjoyment.
>>
>> http://alancordwell.co.uk/radio/soundclips/Loran_A_sim.mp3
>>
>> Drew
>>