[ARC5] AN-Ranges

[jeepp]

You're right, they are  falling by the  wayside, even those 25 and 50 watt installations at small airports and those that were "compass locators".  GPS  has obsoleted a generation of equipment.  Central Africa is a fine example.  Not many reliable VORs and daytime thunderstorms made ADF rough.  GPS?  Press on!Jeep K3HVG


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-------- Original message --------
From: Robert  Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net> 
Date: 5/4/18  10:59  (GMT-05:00) 
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: [ARC5] AN-Ranges 


When I was taking private pilot ground school in
the mid-70's we were told there was still one AN range operational in the US,
out in Montana or somewhere.
 
We learned VOR navigation and a bit about 
ADF.  I used an ADF exactly once, when flying a Cessna 172 between Torrance
CA and Santa Maria, CA, in 1982, but I just tuned in an AM radio station in
Santa Barbara out of curiosity and not for navigation.
 
Some NDB's also carry aviation weather broadcasts,
but there are not many.  

Wayne
WB5WSV


	
        
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