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<blockquote data-quote="Meridian" data-source="post: 203599" data-attributes="member: 19848"><p><strong>Garth Ness Loran Site - 1970s</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>Trawling through the past postings and saw this one. I visited RAF Garth Ness in the late 1970s whilst looking for a site to establish a radio-navigation beacon for N. Sea oil work. At that time, it was on care and maintenance and was a fully-operational Loran station working around 1950 kHz. To get access we contacted RAF Saxa Vord up on Unst but they at first had never heard of the place, eventually we got directed to the guy who lived in/near Sumburgh and he showed us around. </p><p></p><p>The Loran equipment was all in place, with some nice AR88 receiving gear and all the transmitting set-up ready to switch on. There may have been a interception facility there too but nothing was mentioned IIRC. Eventually, we put our beacon up on Sumburgh Head, nearby, and another on Fair Isle, so we never pursued the Garth Ness option. I think that the accommodation block(s) were used to temporarily house oil-workers at one point.</p><p></p><p>HTH,</p><p></p><p>Meridian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Meridian, post: 203599, member: 19848"] [b]Garth Ness Loran Site - 1970s[/b] Hi, Trawling through the past postings and saw this one. I visited RAF Garth Ness in the late 1970s whilst looking for a site to establish a radio-navigation beacon for N. Sea oil work. At that time, it was on care and maintenance and was a fully-operational Loran station working around 1950 kHz. To get access we contacted RAF Saxa Vord up on Unst but they at first had never heard of the place, eventually we got directed to the guy who lived in/near Sumburgh and he showed us around. The Loran equipment was all in place, with some nice AR88 receiving gear and all the transmitting set-up ready to switch on. There may have been a interception facility there too but nothing was mentioned IIRC. Eventually, we put our beacon up on Sumburgh Head, nearby, and another on Fair Isle, so we never pursued the Garth Ness option. I think that the accommodation block(s) were used to temporarily house oil-workers at one point. HTH, Meridian [/QUOTE]
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