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Kodiak Alaska Military History
The official web site of the Kodiak Military History Museum
Sanak Radio Station was located on Caton Island near 54 degrees, 25 minutes north by 162 degrees, 28 minutes west.
Caton Island is just east of Sanak Island. They are about 50 miles south of Cold Bay.
The following information was found in the NARA archives in Anchorage and provided to us by Michael Yarborough.
A radio range station sent out a directional beacon on frequencies below 500 KHz.
On one side of the beam the aircraft heard the letter N in morse and on the other they heard a morse A.
When centered on the beam they heard a steady tone.
There were four beam azimuths from each station.
This is also known as a AN beacon.
Caton Island Aerial View
Map
Reference Drawings
Radio Range Facility, Typical Layout D8-47-3
Trans. Bldg. – Type 4 D8-108- 1 Thru 4
Type 9 Tower E 3306, 3307, 3308
Type 9 Ground System Details D8-115
Z Marker Details D-1786, D8-37-2, D-3074
Tower Obstruction Lighting & Painting D-1205
Type 41 Qtrs. Bldg. Details D8-103- 1 Thru 8
8’ x 8’ Pump House
Type 41 Eng. Gen. Bldg. Details D8-110- 1 Thru 8
Pole Line Details D8-63- 4 Thru 16
Sanak Island Radar Antenna
This site was on Sanak Island, not at the Sanak Radio Station which was in Caton Island.
This map
shows a SCR-271 at Sanak which could very well have been SCR-270 instead.
The SCR-271 is similar to the SCR-270 and there may be many variations in the antenna specifics.
This page says there were five of them in Alaska.
The antenna illustration on
this page of the SCR-271 looks more like the one above.
Main index
http://www.kadiak.org/sanak/index.html
This page created 2012 July 26
