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Loran TD

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format
handbook

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12/21/99, 10:13 AM

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Summary of Contents for Loran TD

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Page 2: ...s manual onto a hard drive or other electronic storage medium to be viewed for personal use provided that such electronic or printed copy of this manual contains the complete text of this copyright notice and provided further that any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual is strictly prohibited Information in this manual is subject to change without notice GARMIN Corporation reserves...

Page 3: ...a GARMIN GPS the coordinate will go through a conversion that makes it GPS friendly The converted coordinate can be used for immediate navigation and or stored for future use For those unfamiliar with Loran C but want to use TD coordi nates in your GARMIN GPS it will help to have a basic under standing of Loran C and it s components This booklet is designed to provide you with enough basic knowled...

Page 4: ...s a primary source of navigation but should remain active until after the turn of the century It will be replaced by GPS The Global Positioning System provides greater accuracy and world wide coverage The Loran C system consists of groups of land based transmitter stations called chains A chain contains a Master station M and at least two but more commonly 4 or 5 Second ary stations designated V V...

Page 5: ...ndary station after recieving the master station signal trans mits a pulsed RF signal at a set time delay As the signals are processed by the Loran C receiver the master signal is separated and used to measure the difference in time with each secondary signal The time interval is very short measured in millionths of a second or micro seconds This time difference is how the Loran C determines a loc...

Page 6: ...et s take a look at how to select and setup the Loran TD Position Format The Position Format field is located in the Navigation Setup menu Refer to your GPS Owner s Manual for directions on locating the Navigation Setup Menu Selecting the Loran TD Position Format 1 Highlight the Position Format field and press ENTER 2 Using the Arrows or Rocker Keypad highlight Loran TD and press ENTER After the L...

Page 7: ...d and press ENTER 2 Using the Arrows or Rocker Keypad highlight the desired chain number and press ENTER The next settings are Secondary Stations 1 and 2 Accessing these fields activates a dropdown menu containing the 5 Secondary Station Identifiers To set a Secondary Station 1 Highlight either Secondary Station 1 or 2 field and press ENTER 2 Using the Arrows or Rocker Keypad select the desired id...

Page 8: ...oran TD Position Format is selected the unit will display the Loran Chain Number and Secondary Stations selected in the Setup TD page and the TD s for the current location It is important to remember that the unit is not using the Loran C signal for navigation but can display TD s as a current location The GPS uses the same process that it used to create a waypoint in reverse The GPS takes that GP...

Page 9: ...date any waypoint created using TD s while you are actually at the waypoint location Consult your GPS Owner s Manual for directions on updating a waypoint For more information visit the U S Coast Guard web site at www navcen uscg mil Loran C p65 12 21 99 10 09 AM 7 ...

Page 10: ...Loran TD Position Format 8 Notes Loran C p65 12 21 99 10 09 AM 8 ...

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