The LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen was a
LORAN-C[Loran-C has been established in 1960] transmission facility on the island of Jan Mayen at . The LORAN-C transmitter
Jan Mayen used as an antenna had a 190-metre tall (625 ft)
guyed
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mast.
This mast was built as a replacement of a 190.5 metre tall mast, which collapsed in a storm on 8 October, 1980 as the result of low tension on the guy-wires. The guy-wires were adjusted by personnel from the
USCG who mixed up pounds and kilograms.
Both transmitters on Jan Mayen, together with the other Norwegian LORAN-C transmitters at
Bø, and
those at Eiði in the Danish
Faroe Islands
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They are located north-northwest of Scotlan ...
, were shut off at midnight on 31 December, 2015.
The transmitter was demolished in 2017.
See also
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List of masts
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Transmitter sites in Norway
Jan Mayen
LORAN-C transmitters in Norway