Topband: LORAN still on 160?

["Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>]

> From: "wa4fki" <wa4fki@nc.rr.com>

> Please remember 160 meters is a shared band, the amateurs share this band 
> with other services.
>
> In Region 3, the Loran system operates either on 1850 kHz or 1950 kHz, the 
> bands occupied being 1825-1875 kHz and 1925-­1975 kHz respectively. Other 
> services to which the band 1800-2000 kHz is allocated may use any frequency 
> therein on condition that no harmful interference is caused to the Loran 
> system operating on 1850 kHz or 1950 kHz.

Interesting...

I thought 160m LORAN had been phased out worldwide some 20 years ago, as a 
result of WARC-79.

Has anyone heard the Region 3 LORAN signals anywhere in N. America recently? 
 I haven't heard a trace of a LORAN signal on the band since some time 
before the 1900-2000 segment was fully restored to US amateurs in the 
mid-80's.

In any case, I would think GPS would have by now rendered both radiolocation 
and radionavigation services on these frequencies obsolete.  A little 
handheld unit with comparable accuracy and precision is certainly much 
cheaper and more convenient to operate than installing 2-mHz transmitting 
and receiving equipment on land and on board ships and planes.

I still hear a half-dozen or so radiolocation beacons in the space between 
the expanded AM broadcast band and 160 m.  I recall in the mid 80's 
1700-1800 mHz being tightly packed with beacons as soon as the sun went 
down.

Don k4kyv

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