[ARC5] NDB useful range ?

[Mark K3MSB]

It depends on a lot of factors, power being one of them.    Other
parameters include obstructions and terrain.   It's common to read
warnings such as "Unuseable between 100 and 120 degrees below 7000 feet".

73 Mark K3MSB


On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 1:52 AM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> How far can an aircraft in the air be from an NDB and the signal is still
> useful for homing?
>
> Reason for my particular question: was reading a little tonite in
> "Survivors of Stalingrad",
>
> Reinhold Busch, 2012. This is a collection of short accounts by German
> veterans of Stalingrad.
>
> Good winter bedtime reading, if your taste goes to grim Brothers Grimm or
> other scary
>
> stories. Anyway, on what was the last flight into Stalingrad, the pilot
> says he used a radio
>
> beacon to point the way. I was a little surprised the Germans were able to
> set up a radio
>
> beacon at emergency, extemporized airfield Gumrak. So I am wondering how
> far these
>
> LF beacons are usable. I realize transmitter power varies; I would assume
> this one was low
>
> powered.
>
> thanks-   Hue Miller
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