[Lowfer] DCF-39 on west coast, seen on Argo?

[Steve Ratzlaff]

Thanks.
Unfortunately the Loran line chart only goes up to 137.8kc.
But your picture shows the DCF39 as being 0.5Hz high, which is what I'm 
seeing on my own capture.
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Rusgrove" <JRusgrove at comcast.net>
To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] DCF-39 on west coast, seen on Argo?


> Steve
>
> W1TAG loran line info which should cover all US locations:
>
> http://lwca.org/library/reference/LORAN/loran_lines.htm
>
> I'm reading DCF39 at 138830.59 + or - .01 or .02 Hz.
>
> Here's a shot with 30 dB attenuation in front of the reciver to knock the 
> sig down some:
>
> http://www.w1vd.com/DCF39111607.jpg
>
> Jay
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Ratzlaff" <steveratz at eoni.com>
>> To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 10:58 PM
>> Subject: [Lowfer] DCF-39 on west coast, seen on Argo?
>>
>>
>> > I'm trying to figure out if I can see DCF-39 here on the West Coast, 
>> > North
>> > America. I see some "stuff", but not sure what I'm seeing. Is there a
>> > formula for figuring out the Loran line at a given frequency range? I'm
>> sure
>> > there is but I have no idea how to do it. I tried extrapolating from 
>> > the
>> > lwca.org Loran lines charts, but the difference is so large I don't 
>> > think
>> > I'm anywhere close.
>> > I'm seeing what I think are 3 Loran lines; I believe my system accuracy 
>> > is
>> > 0.05 Hz for a 30 second Argo mode.
>> > How accurate is the DCF-39 138,830 frequency? I'm not seeing anything
>> right
>> > on that frequency, in 30 second Argo mode. But I'm seeing a fairly 
>> > strong
>> > fuzzy trace about 0.50 Hz above 138,830 that's about 0.15 Hz wide.
>> > I'm seeing what I think is a fairly strong Loran line on 138,831.40. I
>> think
>> > another Loran line is on 138,827.93 and one on 138,833.05--all in 30
>> second
>> > Argo mode.
>> >
>> > Any help or tips about this would be most appreciated.
>> > 73,
>> > Steve
>> > NE Oregon
>> >
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