[ARC5] Radio Beacon DXing

[Bill Stewart]

Yep...just look at the complexity of the new, modern transceivers. Numerous ones with over 100 buttons 
and knobs and scopes, etc....ridiculous....in my humble opinion of course...hi. Thankfully, my TS-440S still 
works very well and it's 100w cw note sounds just as good as a $5K plus modern xcvr. 
73 de Bill K4JYS. 


From: "Bry Carling" <af4k at hotmail.com> 
To: "cwopr" <cwopr at embarqmail.com> 
Cc: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at arrl.net>, "Steve Fick" <n3te at arrl.net>, "arc5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>, "Roy Morgan" <k1lky68 at gmail.com> 
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2020 10:52:43 AM 
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radio Beacon DXing 

Hello Bill 

We make a very good point. 
“Newer, bigger, better, faster, cheaper... “ always the delight of both the inventor and the circus barker. 
The modern world has many of those. 

Best regards - Bry Carling, AF4K 







On Feb 15, 2020, at 12:33 PM, Bill Stewart <cwopr at embarqmail.com> wrote: 





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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 

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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 

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From: Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com> 

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Sent: Feb 15, 2020 9:51 AM 

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Cc: Steve Fick <n3te at arrl.net> 

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Subject: [ARC5] Radio Beacon DXing 

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I recently tuned the aviation radio beacon band and heard about 10 beacons. All were in British Columbia as I learned from: 

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http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm 

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-I'm in western Mass and wonder if that was unusual propagation. 

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-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. 

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? Is such propagation common for beacons ? 

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? What antennas do others of you use ? 

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