[ARC5] ARC5 Digest, Vol 193, Issue 54

Sun Feb 16 11:43:42 EST 2020

How well would my K9AY loops work on these frequencies?

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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 15:52:43 +0000
> From: Bry Carling <af4k at hotmail.com>
> To: Bill Stewart <cwopr at embarqmail.com>
> Cc: Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com>, Steve Fick <n3te at arrl.net>, arc5
>         <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>, Mike Morrow <kk5f at arrl.net>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radio?Beacon DXing
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> 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:
>
> ?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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Feb 15, 2020 9:51 AM
> To: ARC-5 List <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: Steve Fick <n3te at arrl.net>
> 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 ?
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 11:38:14 -0500 (EST)
> From: Bill Stewart <cwopr at embarqmail.com>
> To: Bry Carling <af4k at hotmail.com>
> Cc: Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com>, Steve Fick <n3te at arrl.net>, arc5
>         <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>, Mike Morrow <kk5f at arrl.net>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radio?Beacon DXing
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> 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:
>
>
>
>
>
> BQ_BEGIN
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> BQ_BEGIN
> From: Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com>
>
> BQ_END
>
> BQ_BEGIN
> Sent: Feb 15, 2020 9:51 AM
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> To: ARC-5 List <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
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> BQ_BEGIN
> Cc: Steve Fick <n3te at arrl.net>
>
> BQ_END
>
> BQ_BEGIN
> Subject: [ARC5] Radio Beacon DXing
>
> BQ_END
>
> BQ_BEGIN
>
>
> BQ_END
>
> BQ_BEGIN
> I recently tuned the aviation radio beacon band and heard about 10
> beacons. All were in British Columbia as I learned from:
>
> BQ_END
>
> BQ_BEGIN
> http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm
>
> BQ_END
>
> BQ_BEGIN
>
>
> BQ_END
>
> BQ_BEGIN
> -I'm in western Mass and wonder if that was unusual propagation.
>
> BQ_END
>
> BQ_BEGIN
>
>
> BQ_END
>
> BQ_BEGIN
> -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.
>
> BQ_END
>
> BQ_BEGIN
>
>
> BQ_END
>
> BQ_BEGIN
> ? Is such propagation common for beacons ?
>
> BQ_END
>
> BQ_BEGIN
> ? What antennas do others of you use ?
>
> BQ_END
>
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