[ARC5] Fwd: Re: BC-453 in the SCR-274N Configuration

[Mark K3MSB]

Perhaps I'm taking your statement on "nefarious activities" out of
context.  NDB's are still in use worldwide for aviation purposes.  Based
upon my loggings, I would say there are currently over 1000 in use in the
United States and Canada.

Mark K3MSB

On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 11:47 AM MARK DORNEY via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> As far as I know, the only folks using the beacon bands are people
> involved with various nefarious activities. They do not broadcast for any
> length of time, and move. A shame
>
> Mark D.
> WW2RDO
>
> “In matters of style, float with the current. In matters of Principle,
> stand like a rock. “.   -   Thomas Jefferson
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Feb 25, 2023, at 11:06 AM, MICHAEL BITTNER <mmab at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > I miss hearing the Consolan station SFI, 192 kHz on my R-23/ARC-5.
> When it went off the air it was like loosing an old friend. Its circular
> array antenna, in Petaluma CA, was clearly visible from the air and its
> strong steady signal was easily heard in Los Angeles.
> >
> > Part of my final check ride in the Martin PBM Mariner was reorienting
> myself on the Corpus Christi LF 4-course range while "under the hood" after
> the instructor deliberately got us "lost".  Took quit a while in this
> lumbering monster seaplane.  Somewhere I think I still have a wallet-sized
> cheat sheet card for the Fade-90 maneuver that is used to orient yourself
> on any 4-course range.  Mike, W6MAB
> >
> >
> >> On February 25, 2023 at 7:45 AM Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> It appears that the once-useful Directional Adcock beacons disappeared
> in the USA more than 60 years ago.  I never heard one.
> >>
> >> In 1964 I started listening to a BC-453-A that my dad W5WRR hooked up
> for me when I was age 12.  I fell in love with the 410 to 530 kHz range
> that was the MF maritime (Morse) band.  That was THE most interesting
> segment of the RF spectrum until it all shut down in 1999.  Up to that I
> usually kept a receiver bedside on the 500 kHz distress and calling
> frequency at night.  I miss it more than anything else on radio.
> >>
> >> Mike / KK5F
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: <mstangelo at comcast.net>
> >> Sent: Feb 24, 2023 10:36 PM
> >>
> >> The Millville NJ NDB is still in operation - RNB on 363 kHz. I picked
> it up tonight.
> >>
> >> I loved listening to those NBD's on cold winter nights with my BC-453.
> LF was my favorite band.
> >>
> >> Mike N2MS
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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