[ARC5] FL-5-C BC-345

[Doran Platt]

> On May 5, 2020 at 8:42 AM MICHAEL BITTNER <mmab at cox.net> wrote:
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> It's 1020 Hz, the 17th harmonic of 60 Hz.  Back in the day, the power line frequency was used as the reference frequency for the MCW transmissions of LF beacons and 4-course range stations. Does anyone on this list remember how to do a "Fade-90"? Mike, W6MAB
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> I don't recall doing the fade orientation but did do bracketing and tracking via the old Millville NJ range.  This was in 1963, flying out of Dover AFB.  A laborious procedure and I credit single-pilot operations that did it, regularly. Similarly, in the mid-50's, as a Boy Scout, I got to see an actual airways beacon operating in high terrain near Paw-Paw West Va. 
Jeep K3HVG