[ARC5] NDB useful range ?

[Craig]

Mark: My friend was Verne Peterson.  Vern was killed in his P-51 in 2001 
during an emergency landing due to fuel contamination.


Craig

KF5JOT


On 2/20/21 8:59 AM, Mark K3MSB wrote:
> I'm rather curious who your friend was?   Was his first name Gordon by 
> any chance?
>
> Mark K3MSB
>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 2:46 AM Craig via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net 
> <mailto:arc5 at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>
>     An old friend who was a 747 Captain, used to dial up WBAP on the
>     NDB just as soon as they cleaned up the cockpit after takeoff from
>     Honolulu. The rode that all the way back to DFW.
>
>
>     Craig
>
>     KF5JOT
>
>     On 2/20/21 1:03 AM, Roy Morgan wrote:
>>     We occasionally flew 100 to 150 miles out to sea south of
>>     Nantucket. From an altitude of 1000 feet we could get the high
>>     power NDB on Nantucket (TUK) from 75 to 100 miles out.
>>
>>     WBZ Boston AM radio station much farther.
>>
>>     The range of lower power beacons might vary from 25 to 75 miles.
>>
>>     Roy
>>     Navy ASW Helicopters
>>     NAS Quonset Point, RI
>>
>>     Roy Morgan
>>     K1LKY Western Mass
>>
>>>     On Feb 20, 2021, at 1:52 AM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com>
>>>     <mailto: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?
>>>
>>
>>
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