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    : Fri, 19 May 1995 15:10:27 -0500
    : [log in to unmask] (Peter H. Dana)
       : Re: Lorain Site
 
>        To that end, I was hoping someone could help me with something I
>saw last month when I was in Nevada for a convention. South of Las Vegas
>on US-95 there was a sign for a "USGS Lorain station." Off to the east
>were a number of antennas (about five total). Distance was hard to tell
>since it was getting dark, but they appeared to be 500-750 feet tall.
>This was near a small town named "Cal-Nev-Ari."
 
This is the U.S. Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard,
Loran-C transmitter site at Searchlight, NV. The transmitter acts as the Y
Secondary for the US West Coast Loran-C chain (GRI 9940) as well as the W
Secondary for the South Central U. S. Chain (GRI 9610). The signal is the
pulsed 100KHz Loran-C signal used for marine and aviation navigation
transmitted at 450KW. The tower is 625 ft and the phase center is located at
35:19:18.305 North latitude and 114:48:16.881 West Longitude (WGS-84).
 
Peter
 
Peter H. Dana - Department of Geography - University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712-1098 - Tel: (512) 869-1450 - Fax: (512) 869-0899
 
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      22 May 95 07:31:46 EDT
    : erno bonebakker <[log in to unmask]>
       : Loran Site
 
you saw a US Coat Guard LORAN station- this is a radio aid to navigation
first developed in wwII as "LORAN A" and used for marine and air
navigation- the current LORAN C is also used for marine and air navigation
but is being supplanted by the satellite navigation systen gps which is
much more accurate. Contact your local coast guard station or marine
hardware store for more details- there is also a CG publication- Loran
Users guide whic give an overview....