LORAN STATION NIPISAT
69 27 N 54 15 W
FACT SHEET:
| Site Survey: | Summer 1952 |
| Construction Date | Construction completed 1954 |
| Constructed by: | |
| Established: | 1954 |
| Disestablished: | JUL 1975 |
| Operated by: | DEMARK |
| Chain: | EASTERN ARCTIC |
| Station Letter designation: | |
| Station code name: | DOPE III |
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| On-air testing date: | |
| Operational date: | 08 NOV 1954 |
| Operations Ceased: | 302400Z JUN 1975 |
| Station Operation: | Single MASTER (SM) |
| Station pair: | 1L1, 2S7 CAPE CHRISTIAN |
| Loran Rate: | 1L1, 2S7 |
| On-Air: | 1L1 (M) - 08 NOV 1954 - CAPE CHRISTIAN |
| Off-Air | 1L1 (M) - Change of Rate 2S7 (M) - Termination of Loran A service |
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| Equipment: | |
| Personnel Allowance: | |
| Miscellaneous: | 1952 - Planned to support OPERATION BLUEJAY 10 JAN 1955 - Lack of fuel supply forced station to shutdown standby equipment until resupllied in July 1955. 31 JAN 1955 - Fire destroyed Number Two Power Plant - two Caterpillers - generators - switchboards - in addition to all associated gear less Caterpiller spares |
| USCG Liaison Officer: | 1954 - 1955 LT Robert D. Parkhurst |
Documents:
231800Z JUL 54 - Request Azimuths - pdf
101540Z JAN 55 - Fuel Shortage - pdf
030240Z FEB 55 - Power Plant Two Destroyed by fire - pdf
12 MAY 1955 - Replacement of Generator Plant - pdf
29 DEC 1955 - November and December Daily Logs - pdf
202140Z JUN 74 - Emergency Supplies to Greenland - pdf
Pictures:
The photos were contributed by Ivan Carlsson c./1977
The station was shutdown
Thanks Ivan!