[ARC5] NDB’s

[Mark K3MSB]

Hi Ken

Currently there a 6 NDBs in NWT.

The most powerful is ZF 356 in Yellowknife running 1000W, followed by EV
254 in Inuvik running 500W.  I have no power info on the others.

73 Mark K3MSB

On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:

> Some years ago, I remember, distinctly, copying an NDB in, I believe,
> NorthWest Territories,
> Canada from my BC-453. I was somewhat surprised, both at how far away it
> was, and, as I
> remember it, at such low power. I think it was running only about 100
> watts..
>
> I doubt if it is there any longer.
>
> At thst time, I enjoyed hunting for them. It seemed to me that anything so
> simple, should be
> reliable, and really shouldn't be dumped....but "simple" seems to enrage
> moderns. I never
> could understand why.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
> On 4 Dec 2025 at 10:47, Mark K3MSB wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Steve
> >
> > I heard CQD 372 KC only once (5 Feb 2020 0435Z) and its last logging (by
> anyone) was
> > on 11 Oct 2020, shortly before it was decommissioned.  As I recall, its
> operation was
> > intermittent for the last year before it went dark.
> >
> > ER 349 KC Was last heard in Feb 2016 and of course, it's long gone now.
> >
> > No, those 52 stations are not new,  just "new" with the BC-453.   I have
> 771 NDBs in my
> > master log (since Dec 2019), and it's unlikely I'll add many more to
> that.  But
> > propagation can be fickle, and there are ships that come into the Gulf
> with Helipads that
> > have shipboard NDBs....
> >
> > 73 Mark K3MSB
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 7:02AM Steve Miller <stevemillererie at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Nice pix Mark!
> > I always enjoyed logging NDBs, but haven´t listened for years.
> > CQD and ER in Erie PA are QRT.
> > I have pictures somewhere.
> > You´ve inspired me to dig out the BC-453 and see
> > what I can hear!
> >
> > We´re those 52 new stations for you Mark?
> >
> > 73!
> >
> > Steve WA3JJT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
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