LORAN MONITOR STATION FUCHU

Station Information

Site Survey:	1970 COMDT requested to U.S. Navy Oceanographic Office to conduct a position survey
Construction Date:	DEC 1965 - JAN 1966
Constructed by:	USAF
Established: Commissioned:	JAN 1966
Decommissioned: Disestablished:	MAR 1974
Operated by:	USCG
Project code name:
Unit Identifier:	14-76170
Mail address:	LMS, /o COMFECSEC, USCG, APO San Francisco, CA, 96525
AKA:
HAM Call Sign:	N/A
Personnel Allowance:	1966 - 1974 9 Enlisted
Station Mascot:
Station events:	DEC 1965 D14 proposed to relocation SS-3 northern monitor to FUCHU because of signal issues at O'Shima. JAN 1966 Personnel located at FUCHU monitor site on FUCHU AFB Building 683 JAN 1966 FUCHU monitor commence monitoring SS-3 X and Y however not in control status FEB 1966 COMDT concurs with the proposal, comfesec Personnel Allowance List amended for FUCHU personnel 1967 - 1970 Provide monitoring service for U.S. Navy OMEGA program APR 1968 Commence U.S. Naval Observatory Time Reference and Monitor station DEC 1970 Terminated OMEGA monitoring service 1973 The decision to relocated to Kami Seya was based on Fuchu AFB closure in 1974
Supervisor:	1974: ETC Gerald Bowen

Station Operations Commenced:	JAN 1966 not in control of chain
Station Operations terminated:	MAR 1974
Chain: Loran Rate: Method of Control:	NORTHWEST PACIFIC SS-3 X and Y AN/SPN-30 Receivers
Radio Call Sign:
Equipment:	3 AN/SPN-30 Receivers 2 CAQI-5061A Cesium Oscillators Loran-C Epoch Monitor Model ST-101 Austron-2000
Receive Antenna:	Whip