title: LORAN-C transmitter Searchlight
text: # LORAN-C transmitter Searchlight
  
  35°19′18.31″N 114°48′16.88″W﻿ / ﻿35.3217528°N 114.8046889°W﻿ / 35.3217528; -114.8046889 LORAN-C transmitter Searchlight was the Yankee secondary of the U.S. West Coast LORAN-C Chain (GRI 9940) and the Whiskey secondary of the South Central U.S. Chain (GRI 9610). The station, established in 1976, consisted of four 700-foot (210 m) transmission towers. It transmitted 540 kW from 13.5 miles (21.7 km) south of Searchlight, Nevada. There were five active duty and 2 reserve duty Coast Guard personnel stationed at LORSTA Searchlight. The station's Officer in Charge was a Chief Electronics Technician.
  
  The station was closed on February 8, 2010, as a budget cut. The station, and all of the others, were considered to be obsolete with the general availability of GPS systems.
  
  The four masts were demolished.
  
  