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LORAN STATION CAPE CHRISTIAN
70 32 N 68 18 W
Pictures:
Fact
Sheet:
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Site Survey: |
1953 |
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Construction Date |
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Constructed by: |
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Established: |
1954 |
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Disestablished: |
JUL 1975 |
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Operated by: |
USCG |
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Chain: |
NORTH ATLANTIC |
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Station Letter designation: |
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Station code name: |
DOPE II |
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Station Unit Number: |
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Station nickname: |
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On-air testing date: |
1954 |
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Operational date: |
1954 |
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Operations Ceased: |
302400Z JUN 1975 |
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Station Operation: |
Double SLAVE/SECONDARY |
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Station pair: |
1L7, 1L0, 2S6 – CAPE ATHOLL
1L1, 2S7 - NIPISAT |
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Loran Rate: |
1L0,1L1,1L7,2S6,2S7 |
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On-Air: |
1L1, 1954 – NIPISAT
1L7, 1954 – CAPE ATHOLL
1L0, NOV 1956 – CAPE ATHOLL
2S6, CAPE ATHOLL
2S7, NIPISAT
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Off-Air |
1L7, NOV 1956 – CAPE ATHOLL
2S6, 302400Z JUN 1975 – CAPE ATHOLL
2S7, 302400Z JUN 1975 - NIPISAT
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Monitor Rate: |
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Equipment: |
AN/FPN30, AN/FPA-2, T-325B, T-138 |
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Antenna Type: |
"T" wire cage |
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Personnel Allowance: |
1 Officer & 32 Enlisted 1953 agreement |
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Miscellaneous: |
4/16/53 CG Requests permission to build
JCS cancelled closure in 1972 |
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Commanding Officers / Officers in Charge |
CO: LTJG Edwin H Daniels Aug 1956 - Aug 1957
CO: LTJG Dennis Green 1958-59
CO: LTJG Jim Kunkle 1967-68
CO: LTJG Victor
1968 – 1969
CO: LTJG R. McGuire 1969 - 1970
CO: LTJG Tom Howard 1971-72
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Pictures: Click
on picture for larger image
Picture from
google earth.
Some years after the station closed |
