LORAN STATION PORT ISABEL
Station Information
| Site Survey: | |
| Construction Date: | 1967 - 1968 |
| Constructed by: | W. Y. Young Construction Company $195,000. |
| Established: Commissioned: |
1968 |
| Decommissioned: Disestablished: |
AUG 1980 AUG 1980 |
| Operated by: |
USCG |
| Project code name: |
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| Unit Identifier: |
08-30334 |
| Mail address: | |
| AKA: |
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| HAM Call sign: |
N/A |
| Personnel Allowance: | 1968: 6 Enlisted |
| Station Mascot: | |
| Station Events: | 10 AUG 1980: Hurricane ALLEN struck Port Isabel causing serve damage. Station operations terminated as it was to discontinue service 31 DEC 1980. |
| Officer in Charge: | 1968 - 1969 - ETC Raymond Hadfield 1975 - ETC Robert A. Vanderzyl |
Station Operations
LORAN-A
26 04 13.57 N 97 09 45.27 W (1960 Mercury Datum)
| Chain: | GULF OF MEXICO |
| Station Letter designation: | "P" |
| Radio Call Sign: | |
| Declared Operational date: | 01 NOV 1968 |
| Operations terminated: | 10 AUG 1980 |
| Station Operation: | Single SLAVE/SECONDARY (SS) |
| Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: |
PORT ISABEL (S) - GALVESTON (M) 3H3 1000 us Approx. 234 Nautical miles |
| On-air testing date: | |
| On-Air: | 01 NOV 1968 |
| Off-Air: | 10 AUG 1980 |
| Monitor Rate: | |
| Equipment: | 1945: USACC Air Transportable 1968: AN/FPN-30 Timers; T-325 Transmitters 1975: AN/FPN-53 LRE |
| Radiator: | 120ft AS-1088/TRN |
Pictures:
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