LORAN-C_transmitter_Jan_Mayen

LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen

LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen

Transmission facility on the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen

The LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen[1] was a LORAN-C[2] transmission facility on the island of Jan Mayen at 70°54′51″N 8°43′57″W. The LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen used as an antenna had a 190-metre tall (625 ft) guyed mast.

This mast was built as a replacement of a 190.5 metre tall mast, which collapsed in a storm on 8 October, 1980 as the result of low tension on the guy-wires. The guy-wires were adjusted by personnel from the USCG who mixed up pounds and kilograms. [2]

Both transmitters on Jan Mayen,[3] together with the other Norwegian LORAN-C transmitters at Bø, and those at Eiði in the Danish Faroe Islands, were shut off at midnight on 31 December, 2015.[4]

The transmitter was demolished in 2017.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Loran Station Jan Mayer". www.loran-history.info. Archived from the original on 2015-10-14. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  2. [2]
    Loran-C has been established in 1960
  3. [3]
    "Loran-C Bø". 2015-10-31. Archived from the original on 2015-10-31. Retrieved 2016-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. [4]
    "Loran C er historie" (in Norwegian).
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