“Status of the Loran Recapitilization Project” FAA Team Meeting – July 2002

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“Status of the Loran Recapitilization Project” FAA Team Meeting – July 2002 CDR G. K. Weeks Jr., U. S. Coast Guard, Commanding Officer USCG Loran Support Unit. TTX (11 US) SSX (13 US) NSX (1 Pending) LSU (SSX, TTX, NSX) Control Site (2 US) PCMS Site (24 US). Transmitting Sites. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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“Status of the Loran Recapitilization Project”

FAA Team Meeting – July 2002

CDR G. K. Weeks Jr., U. S. Coast Guard, Commanding Officer

USCG Loran Support Unit

North American Loran-C System

TTX (11 US)

SSX (13 US)

NSX (1 Pending)

LSU (SSX, TTX, NSX)

Control Site (2 US)

PCMS Site (24 US)

Transmitting Sites

Completed- Cesium Installs (24 US, 2 Canadian)- TTM Installs (Master Stations)- ABS Installed (29 station, 24 US online)

Loran Station Timing and Control Equip.

LORSTA Equipment….LORSTA Equipment….Timing and Frequency Equip:Timing and Frequency Equip:

First Article Testing Ongoing

at LSU

First Production Units Oct 2002

First Install, George, WA

Nov 2002

Loran Station Operations Room UPS

OPS Room UPS:OPS Room UPS:

All SSX Installs completed. LorSta George completed. Installation at rest of the TTX sites will start after X.25 to Frame Relay transition is completed (Spring 03).

Loran Station Transmitter UPS

Transmitter UPS:Transmitter UPS:

LSU Baseline completed

Jupiter Inlet, partially completed,

transformer install pending

Malone and Raymondville completed.

George completed

Grangeville, 23 Aug 02

Carolina Beach, 20 Sep 02

Loran Station Transmitter (circa 2003-2004)

Replacement Transmitters

New SSX Transmitter:New SSX Transmitter:

Factory Acceptance testing at

Megapulse 12 Aug 2002

LSU install Sep 2002

George install to be completed

Thanksgiving, 2002

Kodiak back on the schedule for

Summer 2003.

Loran SSX Switch Gear

New SSX Switchgear:New SSX Switchgear:

Installed at LSU and

LorSta Grangeville

Lorsta Jupiter and Carolina

Beach scheduled for Sep 2002

Loran Station Remote Automated Integrated Loran (RAIL)

RAIL:RAIL:

5 LorSta’s participating in Limited

Installation testing.

O’Scope Cards contract awarded

Deliveries started arriving

Routers finally onboard LSU

Final Form Rail in FAT

Network Transition X.25 to Frame Relay

LORSTA Equipment….LORSTA Equipment….Routers:Routers:

Sprint terminating X.25 services

by Jun 2003 (Dec 2002…)

MCI Worldcom selected to

provide Frame Relay for Loran

Installations at the two control

sites (NAVCEN & NAVCEN Det)

and the 24 US PCMS sites slated

to begin August 2002.

Loran Station Casualty Control Receiver

LORSTA Equipment….LORSTA Equipment….Casualty Control Receiver:Casualty Control Receiver:

Locus LRS IIID

Installed at 5 stations

George, Seneca, Jupiter, Carolina

Beach and Grangeville

Resolving Master station auto-naming

problem found at Seneca

Remaining receivers to be installed

with final form RAIL installations

Loran Towers

LORSTA TowersLORSTA Towers

Tower Study Completed

Critical: Port Clarence (1350’)

PP estimates earliest possible

move to Nome as 2004-2005

Monitor Sites (PCMS/SAM)

Completed- 29 PCMS Sites (24 US, 5 Canadian) Locus LRS-IIID All-in-View Receivers

“Status of the Loran Recapitilization Project”

Points of Contact:

CDR G. K. Weeks Jr., USCG Loran Support Unit, gweeks@lsu.uscg.mil

Mike Campbell, USCG Loran Support Unit, mcampbell@lsu.uscg.mil

LCDR J. Boyer, USCG Loran Support Unit, jboyer@lsu.uscg.mil

Loran Station HP-5071A Oscillators

LORSTA Equipment….LORSTA Equipment….Cesium Clocks:Cesium Clocks:

Installed at all US & 2

Canadian stations

Primary Chain Monitor Set (circa 2000)

PCMS EquipmentPCMS Equipment

29 Locations (24 U.S. & 5 Canadian)

Installed and operational.

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