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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.
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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 • 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…. • 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: • 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: • 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: • 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: • Installed at LSU and LorSta Grangeville • Lorsta Jupiter and Carolina Beach scheduled for Sep 2002
Loran Station Remote Automated Integrated Loran (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…. • 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…. • Casualty Control Receiver: • Locus LRS IIID • Installed at 5 stationsGeorge, 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 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…. Cesium Clocks: Installed at all US & 2 Canadian stations DONE
DONE Primary Chain Monitor Set (circa 2000) PCMS Equipment 29 Locations (24 U.S. & 5 Canadian) Installed and operational.