LORAN-C transmitter Saint Paul
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LORAN-C transmitter Saint Paul is the master station of the North Pacific
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...

  LORAN-C
LORAN
LORAN is a terrestrial radio navigation system using low frequency radio transmitters in multiple deployment to determine the location and speed of the receiver....

 Chain (GRI 9990).
It uses a transmission power of 325 kW.
Saint Paul LORAN-C transmitter, situated at Saint Paul, Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

at (57°9′12"N 170°15′6"W). Saint Paul LORAN-C transmitter uses as antenna a 190.5 meter (625 ft) tall mast radiator.

External links

  • http://www.tech-service.net/loran/LORAN-1.XLS
  • http://www.megapulse.com/chaininfo.html
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