[Milsurplus] Omega Receiver

[Thomas Adams]

At 01:45 PM 1/20/2008, Brad Latta wrote:
>  I have recently acquired a Marconi CMA-771 Omega
>Receiver, my plan is to use it as a VLF receiver, does
>anyone know where I could find a manual for it? It's a
>shame the Omega navigation system is no longer
>operating, I wonder if it could ever be
>re-established.
>                                             Brad
>


Re established? Not bloody likely, Mate.

It's been made totally obsolete by GPS...  which is a HELL of a lot more
accurate for plotting position than measuring phase angles of VLF carriers.

The station at La Moure, ND has been handed over to the US Navy and is
now carrying encrypted RTTY traffic.  Ditto the station there in Australia.

I was tuned in for the final transmissions from OMEGA (Collins R-389). I
found it sort of anticlimactic when they pulled the switch 10 minutes early!


Mr. T., W9LBB