LORAN-C transmitter Gillette
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The LORAN-C transmitter Gillette was a LORAN-C transmission facility near Gillette, Wyoming
at 44°00′11"N 105°37′24"W. Its aerial, a 700 feet (213.4 m) guyed radio mast, is the tallest structure in Wyoming.
The station was closed on February 8, 2010 as a budget cut. The station, and all of the others, were considered to be obsolete with the general availability of GPS systems.
Gillette, Wyoming
Gillette is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 29,087 in 2010. Gillette is a city centrally located in an area involved with the development of vast quantities of American coal, oil, and coal bed methane gas...
at 44°00′11"N 105°37′24"W. Its aerial, a 700 feet (213.4 m) guyed radio mast, is the tallest structure in Wyoming.
The station was closed on February 8, 2010 as a budget cut. The station, and all of the others, were considered to be obsolete with the general availability of GPS systems.