[Lf] Loran Lines]

[Andre' Kesteloot]

john sexton wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> Yet more about Loran-C. After a lot of searching down false trails, I have
> finally found the definitive page for a complete list of these stations
> world-wide:
> http://www.megapulse.com/table.html
>
> There are 4 chains (groups of stations with a common Group Repetion Rate -
> one Master and up to 6 secondaries) on the North Eastern Atlantic side and 3
> on the North Western Atlantic side. There are many other chains in the US,
> the Mediterranean, Russia including Chayka and world-wide. Interestingly
> most stations are "Dual rated", i.e. transmit in two chains. So the
> impression that I had reported that Sylt was stronger for me is wrong.
> Lessay transmits as Master on its own chain and as a Secondary on the Sylt
> chain, and vice versa.
>
> I list below the stations participating in each chain:
>
> North East Atlantic
> Chain   Stations        GRI
> Lessay  Lessay, Soustons, Sylt  6731
> Boe     Boe, Jan Mayen, Berlevåg, Ejde  7001
> Sylt    Sylt, Lessay, Vaerlandet        7499
> Ejde    Ejde, Boe, Jan Mayen, Vaerlandet        9007
>
> North West Atlantic
> Chain   Stations        GRI
> North East US   Caribou, Nantucket, Seneca, Carolina Beach, Dana        9960
> Canadian East Coast     Caribou, Nantucket, Cape Race, Fox Harbor       5930
> Newfoundland East Coast Cape Race, Fox Harbor, Comfort Cove     7270
>
> The list of line frequencies for the sub-band 135.7 to 136 that I gave last
> night for the Canadian side was only for the Canadian East Coast chain. I
> have now calculated a complete list for the whole of our band for all 3
> North West Atlantic chains. If you would like a copy please ask, or
> calculate your own using Excel and the formulae given by Andy. Remember to
> double the GRI before dividing into 100000.
>
> 73 John, G4CNN
>
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