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LORAN STATION LAS CRUCES
32 04 18.130 N 106 52 04.388 W
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Awards and Citatinos
Fact Sheet
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Site Survey: |
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Construction Date |
1990 |
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Constructed by: |
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Established: |
DEC 1990
3 APR 1991 – Station Commissioned |
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Disestablished: |
FEB 2010 |
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Operated by: |
USCG |
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Chain: |
9610 – SOUTH CENTRAL |
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Station Letter designation: |
9610 – “X” |
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Station code name: |
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Station Unit Number: |
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Station aka: |
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On-air testing date: |
9610 – AUG – 24 DEC
1990 |
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Operational date: |
9610 - 25 DEC 1990 |
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Operations Ceased: |
9610 - 08 FEB 2010 |
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Station Operation: |
Single SECONDARY
(SS) |
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Station pair: |
9610 - BOISE CITY,
GILLETTE, GRANGEVILLE, RAYMONDVILLE, SEARCHLIGHT |
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Loran Rate: |
9610 |
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On-Air: |
9610 – 25 DEC 1990 |
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Off-Air |
9610X - 082000Z FEB
2010 -
TERMINATION U.S. LORAN C OPS |
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Monitor Rate: |
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Equipment: |
SSX, 700ft Tower |
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Personnel Allowance: |
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Miscellaneous: |
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Commanding Officers / Officers in
Charge |
OINC:
ETC Robert Finstad 1990 - 1993
OINC: ETC Wayne Scheidel 1994 - 1997
OINC: ETC William Pasecki 1997 - 1998
OINC: ETC Jody Lawhorn 1998 - 2002
OINC: ETC Joel SZYMCZYK 2002 - 2003
OINC: ETC Jon Haldeman 2003 - 2007
Last
OINC: ETC John Tuite 2007 - FEB 2010 |
Pictures - Click
on picture for larger image
Picture from
google earth.
LORSTA Las Cruces c./2008
Photo provided by ETC John Tuite
1991 CREW with ADM Loy
L to R: ET2 Dennis Carmen; SK2 Trammell; ET1 Calhoun; ADM Loy; ETC Finstad; MK1 Welch
Photo provided by SK2 Terry Trammell via ETC John R Tuite
2008 CREW
L to R: ETC John Tuite; SK1 Jose Luera; MK1 Richard Moreno;
EM3 Jamie Torres; ET2 Jeremy Kingston; ET1 Sloan Yap
Photo provided by ETC John Tuite
Station from the tower c./2009
Photo provided by ETC John Tuite
Termination of the signal
Last Crew 8 FEB 2010
l to r: ET1 Sloan Yap, SK1 Jose Luera, MK1 Richard Moreno, ETC John Tuite, ET2
Dustin Jones
Documents
24 JUL 1990 Newspaper Article
14 AUG 1990 Newspaper Article
30 MAR 1991 Newspaper Article
4 APR 1991 Newspaper article
Awards and Citations
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