LORAN MONITOR STATION EGLIN
30 25 28.980 N 86 46 14.592 W (WGS-72)
30 35 05.518N 86 36 54.470W
Pictures
Fact Sheet
Site Survey: |
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Construction Date |
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Constructed by: |
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Established: |
1 AUG 1972 |
Disestablished: |
03 DEC 1979 as a manned facility |
Operated by: |
USCG |
Chain: |
LORAN C: 9930, 7980, 9960 |
Station Letter
designation: |
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Station code name: |
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Station Unit Number/OPFAC: |
08-40485 |
Radio Call Sign: |
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Station aka: |
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On-air testing date: |
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Operational date: |
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Operations Ceased: |
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Station Operation: |
LORAN C Monitor
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Station pair: |
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Loran Rate: |
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On-Air: |
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Off-Air |
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Monitor Rate: |
LORAN C: 9930, 7980, 9960
OMEGA |
Equipment: |
3 AN/SPN-30 Receivers |
Personnel Allowance: |
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Miscellaneous: |
1 AUG 1972 relocated from Robins Air Force Base |
Commanding Officers /
Officers in Charge |
Last
CO: CWO R E Bowlby 1978 - 03 DEC 1979 |
Documents:
19 OCT 1966 - Mid-West Personnel Requirements - pdf
08 NOV 1966 - Operating Plan Change Order 55-67 - pdf
10 NOV 1966 - Chief of Operations to Chief of Staff Memo concerning billeting - pdf
1972 -
LMS Warner-Robbins relocation to Eglin - pdf
01 AUG 1972 - USAF Support Aggreement - pdf
112121Z JAN 79 - Termination
LORMONSTA Eglin - pdf
031610Z DEC 79 - Disestablish as manned facility - pdf
08 AUG 79 - OFCO 82-79 Disestablish LORMONSTA Eglin - pdf
1977 - 1980 - Destin Monitor Site Correspondence - pdf
The below photos were contributed by Dave
Masinter c./Aug 1976 - AUG 1977
![](Eglin-Masinter-Station-Sign.jpg)
"The Station Sign"
![](Eglin-Masinter-CWO-Bowlby.jpg)
CO - CWO4 Bowlby
![](Eglin-Masinter-ET1-Glenn-Brazzel-at-work.jpg)
ET1 Glenn Brazzel at work
![](Eglin-Masinter-himself-on-weekend-duty-1.jpg)
ET3 Dave Masinter on weekend duty
![](Eglin-Masinter-himself-on-weekend-duty-2.jpg)
ET3 Dave Masinter on weekend duty
![](Eglin-Masinter-Antenna-Field.jpg)
Antenna Field - the ground was so sandy we loose "tracks" every
time it rained
![](Eglin-Masinter-Bob-at-work.jpg)
Bob at work
![](Eglin-Masinter-OMEGA-Monitor.jpg)
OMEGA Monitor
![](Eglin-Masinter-Road-to-work.jpg)
From the top of "The Station", the view of how we got to work via
an abandoned
WWII landing strip at Eglin AFB
![](Eglin-Masinter-Station-Front-View.jpg)
"The Station" front
![](Eglin-Masinter-Station-Front.jpg)
Another view of "The Station" Front
![](Eglin-Masinter-Station-Rear-View.jpg)
"The Station" Rear
![](Eglin-Masinter-The-war-room-with-SPN30s.jpg)
The War Room
![](Eglin-Masinter-The-war-room.jpg)
Another view of the War Room
Thanks Dave!
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