To Dr Paul Blake DTRA, LCDR Jeff Hall, USCG and a special
thanks to MCPO Charles J. Severance USCG (ret) for keeping this
issue alive to the final report.
MCPO Bill Dietz, USCG(ret) and CPO Joe Jester, ETC USCG(ret)
sends their thanks for your herculean efforts.
For several days during March 2011. this group of Coasties,
retired, active and civilian from several commands, breathed life
into the Loran-C transmitters at the LSU facility (EECEN). Their
purpose was to gather data for an upcoming report on the ionizing
radiation and non-ionizing radiation from Loran equipment.
The names of the folks in the pic are, from left to right:
ETC Brad Kopf, ELC3 C.M. Polvado, Ray Wiedower (USCG ret), ELC4 Dave
Robbio, LT Kenny Hydock, ETC Chris Le Ny, ELC2 Jonathan Guild, Dr.
Paul Blake (DTRA), LCDR Jeff Hall, Chuck Severance, (USCG ret),
Krystal hinds (OGA), LCDR Gerald (Jerry) Burke (USN), Chuck Schue (USCG ret/Ursa
Nav), CDR Gary Thomas, Aaron Grant (Nautel), ET2 Brook Fox, Bill
Frankenfield, ET3 Jose Perez, and Art Helwig (Ursa Nav).
Click on pic for larger image.
In the this video, you will be reminded that MCPO Chuck
Severance, USCG(ret), still has a sense of humor and can still
deliver a one-liner. When you hear the 5.4 number, it's 5.4 kV
on the plates.
March 2011 - Breathing life into the Solid State Transmitter.
Enewetok Loranimals
Here is a summary of the atomic
blasts at the atoll from the begining. This includes the first
thermonuclear device, titled Mike that evaporated an island in the
NE corner of the atoll.
