WLLH transmitters running out of sync

Kevin Vahey kvahey@gmail.com
Mon Jul 16 00:43:49 EDT 2012


The solar flare this week has played havoc with GPS.

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:20 AM, Chris Hall <chris2526@comcast.net> wrote:

> I suspect they lost one of GPS receivers or a GPS antenna and had to
> return either the Lowell or Lawrence transmitter to the internal oscillator
> in the Harris DAX-1. The Odetics Corp which made the receivers which have a
> sine or square wave output at 1400 Khz are no longer made, if they lost one
> they may be temporarily SOL until they can repair it or come up with
> something that will replace it. I have not been involved with WLLH for
> about three years since the purchase by Gois, they have one engineer
> working out of WORC.  He handles many stations including Hartford,
> something on the NY border the two WLLH’s as well as WAMG so he is spread
> very thin. I am under the heavy influence of the Lawrence signal and it
> sounds OK but may
> be horrendous elsewhere.
>


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