[ARC5] Radio Beacon DXing

[Bill Stewart]

Ronnie and Roy, here are the links.
The first is the web site and the second is the
data base. Plug in a few and see the data listed 
for individual beacons. The head shed guys are in
England and keep it all together. They will take
your loggings and put the info in your file, after
you join up, and all your loggings will be kept up
to date. This is a world wide group.
73 de Bill K4JYS

http://www.ndblist.info/
https://www.classaxe.com/dx/ndb/rna/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronnie Hull" <w5sum at comcast.net>
To: "cwopr" <cwopr at embarqmail.com>
Cc: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky68 at gmail.com>, "Steve Fick" <n3te at arrl.net>, "arc5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020 11:36:46 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radio Beacon DXing

Bill I would sure like that list of NDB sites/freqs!!

Ronnie w5sum

W5sum at comcast.net

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 15, 2020, at 10:33 AM, Bill Stewart <cwopr at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Roy,
> Good to see your questions/interest in NDB chasing. I have been into that part of
> the radio hobby since mid 2017. It is addictive. So far I have made over 1350 log
> entries, with 450 unique beacons. I continue to be amazed at the distances some of
> these beacons are from me. I snagged one a few days ago in the Azores. Have also
> logged beacons from South America, British Columbia. Many of these beacons only
> run 25 watts and of course some run a KW or more. The propagation is interesting 
> and also the QSB can bring a signal up out of the mud and then take it away again.
> I use a Ten Tec RX340 rcvr (which was headed for the dumpster and saved). The antenna
> is a remarkable active antenna...the PA0RDT Mini-Whip. It is hard to believe that 
> such a small antenna/amp (size of your thumb) can hear sigs all the way down to 40kc
> and up to 30mc with the sensitivity of a well made outside antenna. If interested
> I can give you links to the NDB List and a web site with all kinds of info on 
> individual beacons, etc, plus more info on the receiving antenna. The info on the
> NDB List site is updated almost daily as listeners send in their loggings. Let me
> know if I can answer any questions or clarify what is in this post. Come join the
> fun....73 de Bill K4JYS in NC
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky68 at gmail.com>
> To: "arc5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: "Steve Fick" <n3te at arrl.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020 10:51:22 AM
> Subject: [ARC5] Radio Beacon DXing
> 
> I recently tuned the aviation radio beacon band and heard about 10 beacons. All were in British  Columbia as I learned from:
> http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm
> 
> -I'm in western Mass and wonder if that was unusual propagation. 
> 
> -The antenna was a makeshift center fed flat top with water pipe ground. I do have a homemade loop I can do more work on, hoping it will pick up less noise.
> 
> ? Is such propagation common for beacons ?
> ? What antennas do others of you use ?
> 
> Roy
> 
> 
> Roy Morgan
> K1LKY Western Mass
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