[ARC5] NDB’s
Steve Miller
stevemillererie at hotmail.com
Tue Feb 10 12:15:32 EST 2026
Nice list Dave!
I’ll have to compile my logs.
Best DX was “M” in New Orleans.
I sent the engineer a QSL card to fill out which he did return.
Not bad from Erie PA.
I’ve heard a lot of the Canadian NDBs since Erie is only 30 miles away across the Lake.
73,
Steve WA3JJT
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 10, 2026, at 9:49 AM, Dave Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net> wrote:
I used to have fun listening for NDBs with my old WW2 MN-26C nav radio. I had it hooked to my 160 meter beverage wire system and made a list of stations heard back in 2020 or so. Here is a list of stations heard. Saginaw Michigan was not on the list then. I think most of these stations are no longer operating.
73
Dave K1WHS
BEACON RECEPTION LIST K1WHS
Lebanon, Maine 04027
FREQUENCY CALLSIGN LOCATION NOTES
198 DIW Dixon, NC 0000 UT High power station
206 QI Yarmouth, NS. Northeast Daytime
207 CL Charlo, NB
209 MT Chibougamau, QC 0330 UT
209 MJ Manchester, NH Daytime SW
212 SJ Ste Jean QC Daytime
213 YRC Ste. Honore Saguenay QC 0000 UT
215 YTR Quinte-West Trenton, ON 100 w 0300 UT NW
216 ME Matane, QC 100w.
216 YFA Fort Albany, ON 200 Watts 0300 UT
216 CO Epsom, NH (Concord) 25 watts Daytime
218 YUY Rouyn Noranda, QC 500 watts 0300 NW or JA wire
220 BX Lourdes De Blanc Sablon QC 1600 w. 5 PM NE
221 HM Hamilton, ON 50 watts NW best
223 YYW Armstrong, ON 1000 watts
224 MO Moosonee, ON 389 watts NW 0300 UT
224 QM Moncton, NB 1000 watts 0300 UT
230 AC Pleasant Lake, Yarmouth NS Daytime NE 25 watts!
230 QB Quebec City QC 100 watts 0300 UT NE best
232 GP Gaspe, QC
233 UM Churchill Falls, NFL 2200 UT 1000 watts
236 OW Ottawa, ON 2200 UT NW best
239 OJ Alberta, Canada 500 watts 2/7/2020 1 PM JA wire
239 HKF Middletown, OH Hook Field 25 watts west
240 LE Lewiston/ Auburn, ME. Daytime NE strong
240 5Q ? southwest
245 YZE Gore Bay, ON 1000 watts
245 FS Sioux Falls, SD 400 watts
248 UL Montreal QC 100 watts daytime NW
257 TZ Toronto Gibralter Pt. 25 watts
258 ZSJ Sandy Lake ON 1000 watts
260 UFX Ste Felix QC NW Daytime
266 YZX Greenwood, NS. Daytime NE
266 ZMM Montreal, QC NW. Daytime
269 QY Sydney, N.S. Daytime NE
272 ZMR Montreal, QC heard at 0330 UT
272 YQA Muskoka Fals, ON 400 watts NW
272 PFA Hudson Philmont, NY 25 watts west 0300 UT
273 ZML Montreal, QC. NW Daytime
275 R1 Thetford Mines, QC 25 watts
276 YEL Elliot Lake, ON 200 watts 0300 UT
278 NM Matagami, QC NW Daytime 500 watts
280 QX Gander, NFL 1000 watts
281 CA Cartwright, NFL. 500 NE
280 CQX Chatham Nauset Beach Daytime 25 watts South
289 YLQ La Tuque, QC 500 watts 0300 UT
317 ZMX Montreal Ste Janvier, QC 200 watts JA wire
326 FC Frederickton, NB Daytime NE
328 LC Laconia, NH Daytime, West Strong
340 YY Mont Joli, QC Daytime NE weak
351 YKQ Fort Rupert, QC 0000 UT 500 watts
356 YBG Saguenay, QC 0000 UT NE
356 AY Newfoundland 0000 UT
356 SUH Owl’s Head, ME Daytime
356 HEU Schenectady, NY. Daytime West
360 PM Port Menier, QC 0000 UT
366 AU Augusta, ME. 25 watts Daytime
366 YMW Maniwacki, QC 0000 UT
378 RJ Robervale, QC 0000 UT
382 YPL Pickle Lake, ON 4 PM
382 BT Burlington, VT 4 PM
382 YRR Unknown location 4 PM.
389 PVC Provincetown Daytime South
391 OO Toronto, ON 0000 UT West
392 ML La Malbaie, Charlevois QC Daytime Northeast best
402 LW Lawrence, MA Daytime SW loud
407 ZHU Montreal, QC 95 watts 21 UT
407 IL Wilmington, OH 25 watts
409 YTA Pembroke, ON 0000 UT
410 BA Columbus Clifford, IN 25 watts 0230 UT
411 YTA ? Best NW
415 CBC Cayman Island Brac 600 W b 0230 UT SW wire
417 IY Charles City, IA 25 watts 0230 UT
417 HQT Coats- Harnett, NC 25 watts 0230 UT
419 RYT Detroit, MI 0000 UT
423 PCW Port Clinton, OH 0000 UT
419 RYS Detroit, MI Grosse Isle 25 watts 0230 UT
426 IZS Montezuma, GA 25 watts 0230UT
516 YWA Petawana, ON 21 UT
523 JJH Johnstown, NY 21 UT
520 F9 Miramichi, NB 21 UT
On 2/9/2026 9:31 PM, Steve Miller wrote:
Hi Mark,
Have you ever logged HYX in Saginaw MI on 385?
It’s QRT, but my friend WB8CAC was the engineer
and sent me this QSL!
<image0.jpeg>
73,
Steve WA3JJT
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 5, 2025, at 10:25 AM, Steve Miller <stevemillererie at hotmail.com><mailto:stevemillererie at hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Mark,
I’ll try to find those pictures.
I had to walk through someone’s back yard in Fairview PA to get the picture of ER.
I used to keep a log of stations and used some maps I got from the owner of Erie Airways that showed the NDB call signs and
locations. I heard a lot of Canadian NDBs across Lake Erie.
I got a look inside CQD once when the engineer was
doing some work and I happened to be passing by. No pictures though.
73,
Steve WA3JJT
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 4, 2025, at 10:47 AM, Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com><mailto:mark.k3msb at gmail.com> 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 7:02 AM Steve Miller <stevemillererie at hotmail.com<mailto: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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