I have a Palomar VLF converter that up converts to my Ham Transciever. Putting Loran signals on a scope is not difficult. It sounds like a do able project to me. If commercial equipment sources are drying up, it could a popular kit. John Ferrell http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Baylis" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [EE]: loran C > If this is a student exercise, I think doing it with LORAN is far more > feasible than with GPS, even though the resulting accuracy may be > different. I personally would never attempt to design a GPS receiver, > but I think I could easily succeed at designing a LORAN C receiver. > > Neil > > On 1/21/06, John Nall wrote: >> Wouter van Ooijen wrote: >> > > And from what I >> > read Loran C can be better than 50-60 meters in repeatability (!= >> > accuracy), which is what matters for a roaming robot. >> > >> > >> Well, I can confirm it from experience for you. I use Loran C all the >> time, in fishing, and once you find a spot and have the Loran C >> coordinates for that spot, you can go back to it with great accuracy. >> What you cannot do is go to a spot for the very first time (using just a >> chart with Loran C coordinates superimposed upon it) with accuracy. >> >> So far as the government stopping support, they have been threatening to >> do that for a long time now here in the U.S. but have not yet done so. >> There is a fairly well-organized coalition of fishermen (both commercial >> and recreational) who lobby for continuation of the service. And it >> doesn't cost that much to maintain the stations. The real problem is >> that it is almost impossible to buy new Loran C receivers any more, so >> people are trying their best to get all those Loran C fishing spots >> converted to GPS fishing spots. Once that is far enough along, then I >> would guess that it will gradually be phased out. >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > > > -- > http://www.pixpopuli.com > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist