[Fwd: LF: GWEN]

[Andre' Kesteloot]

Walter Blanchard wrote:

> Re GWEN:
>
> USCG website (www.navcen.uscg.mil) has the flg :
>
> "The Department of Transportation's Nationwide Differential GPS
> (NDGPS) expansion effort is underway. The NDGPS plan calls for the
> conversion of three GWEN sites at Whitney NE, Savannah GE, and
> Chico CA by 30 September 1998. In addition to the first three site
> conversions, four new NDGPS sites are scheduled for construction
> shortly thereafter. These four new sites are located near Hartsville TN,
> Lexington NC, Brainard MN, and Hannibal OH. The new sites will use
> much equipment from the GWEN spares currently stored in California,
> including the 300 foot towers to provide the approximate 250 mile
> ranges expected from these sites."
>
> Walter G3JKV.