Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter

transmitter
Location of Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter
Cape Race LORAN-C Mast (1st)
General information
Status Destroyed
Type Mast radiator insulated against ground
Location Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Coordinates 46°46′32.58″N 53°10′27.65″W / 46.7757167°N 53.1743472°W / 46.7757167; -53.1743472 (1st mast)
Completed 1963
Destroyed February 2, 1993
Height 411.48 m (1,350.00 ft)
Design and construction
Main contractor US Coast Guard
Cape Race LORAN-C Mast (2nd)
General information
Status Complete
Type Mast radiator insulated against ground
Location Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Coordinates 46°46′32.58″N 53°10′27.65″W / 46.7757167°N 53.1743472°W / 46.7757167; -53.1743472 (2nd mast)
Completed 1993
Height 260.3 m (854.00 ft)
Design and construction
Main contractor US Coast Guard

The Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter is a LORAN-C transmitter at Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador, on Canada's eastern seaboard.

The Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter was used as an antenna tower until February 2, 1993. It was a 411.48 m (1350 ft) tall guyed mast, built in 1965. This mast was the tallest structure in Canada until the construction of the CN Tower in Toronto, and remained the second-tallest structure until its collapse on February 2, 1993. The collapse was the result of a fatigue failure of the eyebolt head in a compression cone insulator on a structural guy-wire. This failure caused swing-in damage that resulted in the tower's collapse. The tower was replaced by a 260.3 meter (854 ft) tall guyed mast, insulated against the ground.

The Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter was used until 1993 as part of the LORAN-C Chain GRI 9930 and worked with a transmission power of 1800 kilowatts. Today the Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter acts as the Yankee Secondary Transmitter of the Canadian East Coast LORAN-C chain (GRI 5930) and as the Whiskey Secondary of the Newfoundland East Coast LORAN-C chain (GRI 7270).

The transmission power for the Canadian East Coast LORAN-C chain is 1000 kW, and for the Newfoundland East Coast LORAN-C the transmission power is 500 kW.

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Coordinates: 46°46′32.58″N 53°10′27.65″W / 46.7757167°N 53.1743472°W / 46.7757167; -53.1743472

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