[ARC5] Radio Beacon DXing

[Joseph Orgnero]

FYI 
The site dxinformationcentre.com/ndb.htm
has a list all beacons in USA and Canada with complete information for each

Joe Orgnero  VE7LBI

From: D C _Mac_ Macdonald 
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020 11:37 AM
To: Mike Morrow 
Cc: arc5 ; Roy Morgan 
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radio Beacon DXing

I believe that in general, NDBs (and other NavAids) have three letter indicators.  I note that in the website below, the actual identifiers are LEX (Lexington, KY), LEW (Lewiston, ME), and RDU Raleigh-Durham, NC).


Perhaps the reporter missed the third letter?


73 de Mac, K2GKK/5​
Since 30 Nov 1953​
Oklahoma City, OK​
USAF, Retired ('61-'81)​
FAA, Retired ('94-'10)​
 


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From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020 12:30
Cc: arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radio Beacon DXing 

"LE" is a great example for potential NDB DXing errors.  NDB LE is heard on 350 kHz in NC, 242 kHz in KY, and 240 kHz in ME, as shown by entry of "LE" here:

   http://www.airnav.com/navaids/

NDB IDs are NOT unique.  It is very very unlikely the what Roy heard was in BC Canada.  Usually multiple NBDs using the same ID are on different frequencies, but AFAIK not even that is quaranteed when great distances separate the NDBs.

Mike / KK5F

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Stewart <cwopr at embarqmail.com>
>Sent: Feb 15, 2020 11:33 AM
>To: Mike Morrow <kk5f at arrl.net>
>Cc: Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com>, arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>, Steve Fick <n3te at arrl.net>
>Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radio Beacon DXing
>
>Mike, a lot of the NDBs are being decommissioned or just left to die, with out
>maint. I think there is a trend to go to some type of GPS...not sure how
>that works. I also did some listening back in the '60s and used a BC-1206,
>which I still have, but haven't turned it on in many years. The airport at
>Raleigh-Durham had a NDB....think it might have been LE, that broadcasted the
>WX. Don't think any do that any more. Plus I remember flying as a passenger in
>a sgl eng. jobby around eastern NC a few times, we tuned in a NDB and followed
>the beam to the airport. Looks like a simple and workable system to me....why the
>change?
>73 de Bill K4JYS
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
>To: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky68 at gmail.com>, "arc5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>Cc: "Steve Fick" <n3te at arrl.net>
>Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020 12:21:14 PM
>Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radio Beacon DXing
>
>Have you entered the navaid ID into this lookup system to verify your findings?
>
>  http://www.airnav.com/navaids/
>
>NDBs were far more numerous and interesting 50 years ago, when weather and airport information was often broadcast in voice on the frequency.  In the mid-1960s I used a BC-453-A receiver for that sometimes, but that receiver was far more entertaining listening to merchant marine Morse coast and ship stations from 410 to 510 kHz.  That's all been long gone for more than two decades now, so I seldom tune that range of frequencies now.
>
>Mike/ KK5F
>>-The antenna was 
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