Loop head lighthouse signals

burnsey1987

Hi all,

Not sure if this is the best forum, but does anyone have any idea what radio signals are coming from Loop Head lighthouse?

I am aware that there was supposed to be a LORAN-C navigation transmitter built about 15 years ago but I understand that those plans were scrapped.

I read somewhere a while back that there is a signal on 100 kHz. I am not sure what this is for, or even if it actually exists.

There was a morse beacon there for many years, but of course Irish Lights decommissioned these in 1999.

So, just wondering if anyone familiar with radio-navigation know what, if anything, is being transmitted from Loop Head and what it is intended for?

wandatowell

Just using Google, I'd contact The Limerick Radio Club. They have a website and ran an event or two from Loop Head Lighthouse. They'd be my first start.

ads20101

Also - you might get a response on the clare forum

dxhound2005

I don't know where the signal (or signals) are coming from but very strong LORAN wipes out about 15 kHz either side of 100 kHz on my receiver in Dundalk. I suspect that anyone in Ireland with a general coverage receiver will get a strong signal. You can hear something like I am hearing if you use the online receiver in Holland.

http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/


Off topic the signals on 77.5 and 60 kHz are time signals from Germany and England used to regulate radio controlled clocks and watches in Europe. I can also get these very strong on my receiver.

WiredSpark101

The only signals which are transmitted from Loop Head Lighthouse are for the dGPS on 293Khz, and a privately owned Radar which transmits somewhere between 14 and 15 Mhz.
There was a Radar owned by the Shannon Harbour board which transmitted around 300Ghz, but is no longer in operation.

Phil