[Lf] Galloping Horses ?

Andre' Kesteloot akestelo at bellatlantic.net
Sat Jan 29 23:49:24 CST 2000


Hello David
I am referring to a number of transmitters on 100 KHz, exactly, and which the British
(and the French) call Loran. Their harmonics, every few Hz, go up to 150 Khz in
Europe.
The British Hams call them "Galloping Horses" as it does sound a but like that on 100
KHZ
73
Andre'
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"David L. Wilson" wrote:

> >
> > could these be harmonics of Loran ?  In Europe, you see them all over the place
>
> I have seen this mentioned several times.  LORAN has a very
> charcteristic sound and harmonics are unlikely.  Do you actually mean
> DECCA frequencies?  Each chain in that system has several frequencies
> ranging from about 70 kHz to 130 kHz?  That system is still active also
> in Europe thought the Canadian chain shut down many years aog.
>
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