LORAN STATION POINT ARENA
Station Information
| Site Survey: | |
| Construction Date: | MAY - JUN 1945: Mobile Detachment "G" Unit 404 1946: Permanent construction completed 05 JUN 1950: Four temporary family unit completion 1962: rehab of station including four family units |
| Constructed by: | 1945: Mobile Detachment G |
| Established: Commissioned: |
05 JUN 1945: Mobile Unit 404 24 NOV 1946: Permanent station |
| Disestablished: | 24 NOV 1946: Mobile Unit 404 03 MAR 1980 |
| Operated by: |
USCG |
| Project code name: |
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| Unit Identifier: |
CG Unit 404 - 1945 - 1946 Mobile CG Unit 461 - 1946 - 1950 Permanent station 12-40129 |
| Mail address: | 1948: Unit 461, Box 114, Point Arena, Calif. |
| AKA: |
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| HAM Call sign: |
N/A |
| Personnel Allowance: | JAN 1953: 13 Enlisted 1965: 13 Enlisted |
| Station Mascot: | |
| Miscellaneous: | JUN 1945: USCG (2H2) and USAAC (1H6/7) establisted loran chain coverage. 1946: land acquired 18 JUL 1946: Permanent station contruction completed. Rates 2H2/3 provided 24/7/365 coverage. 11th District distributed temporary charts for new system. JUL 1981: property transferred to Mendocino Community College |
| Officer in Charge: | 1946 - 1947 WO Fred Baines 1947 - 1948 1948 - 1949 ETC Roy Rogers 1949 - 1950 1950 - 1952 1952 - 1954 1954 - 1956 1956 - 1958 ETC Elver Huntly 1958 - 1960 1960 - 1962 ETC J. A. Westbo 1962 - 1964 ETC Bert Minner 1964 - 1966 ETC William F. Haygood 1966 - 1967 1967 - 1968 ETC Robert B. Swart (JUN - MAR) 1968 - 1969 ETC E. J. Weisner (MAR - DEC) 1969 - 1972 ETC Merritt E. Scott (DEC - JAN) 1972 - 1974 ETC William H. Acklen (JAN - FEB) 1974 - 1976 1976 - 1977 ETCS Robert A. Meyers 1977 - 1978 1978 - 1980 ETC Brain L. Sterling (Decomm OIC) |
Station Operations
LORAN-A
38 55 44.1 N - 123 43 37.4 W (1948 Op Data Report)
38 55 44.20 N - 123 43 41.40 W (1960 Murcury Datum)
| Chain: | U.S. WEST COAST |
| Station Letter designation: | "A" |
| Radio Call Sign: | |
| Declared Operational date: | 15 JUL 1945 |
| Operations Ceased: | 312400Z DEC 1979 |
| Station Operation: | Double MASTER (DM) |
| Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: |
Pt. ARENA (M) - Pt. ARGUELLO (S) 2H2/1H5 1000us Approx. 300 Nautical miles Pt. ARENA (S) - CAPE BLANCO (M) 2H3/1H6 1000us Approx. 237 Nautical miles |
| On-air testing date: | 09 MAR 1945 |
| On-Air: | 2H2: 15 JUL 1945 2H3: 15 JUL 1945 1H5: 01 MAY 1971 1H6: 01 MAY 1971 |
| Off-Air: | 2H2: 01 MAY 1971 Rate change 2H3: 01 MAY 1971 Rate change 1H5: 312400Z DEC 1979 Service termination 1H6: 312400Z DEC 1979 Service termination |
| Monitor Rate: | Cross rate monitor |
| Equipment: | JUN 1945 - 24 NOV 1946 Mobile Unit 404
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| Antenna: | 1948 - 1979 300ft Wind Turbine* * Tower demolished JAN 1980 |
Documents:
18 FEB 1946 Land acquisition correspondence - pdf
01 NOV 1946 Transfer of Operations from Mobile unit to permanent operations buildings - pdf
24 NOV 1948 Operations Data Report - pdf
Pictures:
Ray Hale 1968 photo collection
Ed Scott 1970-72 photo collection