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Loggings => Longwave Loggings => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on February 09, 2024, 1251 UTC
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Heard here at 1250 UTC.
From the time-nuts mailing list:
Eloran long test from now to August or September.
Very good news today there is a long test running in the Western US
and 3 sites are now active.
Sites at Fallon, NV; George, WA; and Havre, MT are all up and running now.
GRI is 5990. Not sure you’ll hear them so far away but thought I would
let you know in case you see any skywave.
At least two of these stations have significant power. Not sure on
Havre MT.
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Oh, this is exciting. I'll have to break out my portable LORAN-C receiver and see if can pick up anything here.
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Ha, what is old is new considering LORAN was decommissioned some time ago.
I used to have a nice Austron LORAN time and frequency standard back in the days. As LORAN uses cesium-based frequency standards it made for a nice disciplined standard until the services were decommissioned.
Nothing heard on 100 kHz so far (20:00 UTC 09 Feb 2024) but worth keeping an ear out.
Anyone know if there is any software (preferably free) available to decode the signal?
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All the KiwiSDR receivers have a eLORAN decoder. You select it from the extensions drop down menu. It hasn’t been updated to include these new sites though.
You can also check here:
http://df6nm.bplaced.net/LoranView/LoranGrabber.htm
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I have the eLORAN test here, looks like one strong one and one that is just barely coming in. My old LORAN-C receiver hasn't been able to pick them up yet.
The Kiwis now have it, GRI 5991 (its really 5990, but using 5991).
https://forum.kiwisdr.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2936/us-west-coast-eloran-test-in-progress-gri-5990
(https://i.imgur.com/W776xqm.png)
March 12, 2024 UTC 0225
Good signals tonight
(https://i.imgur.com/Np5Frg3.png)
My old handheld LORAN-C even picked up two of the stations:
(https://i.imgur.com/d3rJV8A.jpeg)