Jim Creek Naval Radio Station
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Jim Creek Naval Radio Station
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Oso | |||
| State: | Washington | |||
| Country: | United States | |||
| Altitude : | 410 m | |||
| Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '24 " N , 121 ° 56' 24" W. | ||||
| Use: | Military use | |||
| Accessibility: | Transmission system not accessible to the public | |||
| Owner : | United States Navy | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Height of the towers / masts : | 61 m | |||
| Construction time: | 1953 | |||
| Operating time: | since 1953 | |||
| Waveband : | VLF transmitter | |||
| Send type: | Radio navigation | |||
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The Jim Creek Naval Radio Station is a VLF transmitter of the US Navy in Oso , in the State of Washington . The station is mainly used for one-way communication with submerged submarines in order to transmit these commands.
It went into operation in 1953 and uses a very unusual antenna system, which consists of several wires attached to 61 meter high towers and stretched between Wheeler Mountain and Blue Mountain over the Jim Creek valley . With a transmission power of 1.2 MW, the Jim Creek Naval Radio Station transmitter is one of the most powerful in the USA and broadcasts on a frequency of 24.8 kHz .
Web links
Commons : Jim Creek Naval Radio Station - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jim Creek Naval Radio Station . Center for Land Use Interpretation. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
