LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen

The LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen[1] was a LORAN-C[2] transmission facility on the island of Jan Mayen at 70°54′51″N 8°43′57″W. The LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen used as antenna a 190-metre high (625 ft) guyed mast.

This mast was built as replacement of a 190.5 metre tall mast, which collapsed in a storm on 8 October 1980 as the result of too low tension on the guy wires. The guywires were adjusted by personnel from the USCG who mixed up pounds and kilograms.

Both transmitters on Jan Mayen,[3] together with the other Norwegian LORAN-C transmitters at Bø, and those at Eiði in the Danish Faroe Islands were shut off at midnight on Dec 31, 2015.[4]

The transmitter has been demolished in 2017.

See also
  • List of masts

References
  1. "Loran Station Jan Mayer". www.loran-history.info. Archived from the original on 2015-10-14. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  2. Loran-C has been established in 1960
  3. "Loran-C Bø". 2015-10-31. Archived from the original on 2015-10-31. Retrieved 2016-12-30.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  4. "Loran C er historie" (in Norwegian).
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