.. _nels_end:

End of European Loran-C transmissions
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With the end of 2015 the european Loran-C stations all shut down,
here are some snapshots of what VLF Looks like from Denmark
on the first day of 2016.

Anthorn 6731 slave
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.. image:: spec_6731.svg

I guess the english Loran-C station is running fashionably late,
even though they did announce it would be shut down.

Russian Chayka chain (GRI=8000)
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.. image:: spec_8000.svg

Saudi chain (GRI=8830)
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.. image:: spec_8830.svg

I've never been able to lock this, but the signal is clearly there
(after the red marker dot)

VLF from 0-200 kHz
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. image:: 0-200.svg

The big loran-hump at 100kHz is gone.

Here is how it looked some years ago:

.. image:: 0-.2.png

Rugby timesignal at 60 kHz
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.. image:: 60.svg

DCF77 timesignal at 77.5 kHz
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.. image:: 77.5.svg

Russian "ALPHA" navigation
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.. image:: 11.904.svg

.. image:: 12.949.svg

.. image:: 14.881.svg

DCF6NM's Loran-C view
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Screen-shot from DCF6NM's LORAN-C grabber:

.. image:: Loran-Last.png

Notice the test-transmissions from Wildwood in USA.

*phk*