[Lowfer] RD ident

Thu, 2 May 2002 17:31:47 +0200

Hi Peter and all,

I'm having trouble finding this NDB info.  Can someone please
tell me what I am doing wrong?

Following the links from the LWCA site, it takes me to
http://www.airnav.com/navaids/ .  Is this the right site?
On that site, if I search for "RD", it only shows an NDB on
411 kHz in Oregon.  Searching for "355" shows only AK, CGE,
and TCO.  Nothing plausible on 354 or 356.  Finally, I clicked
the Airports tab, entered "Reading", and selected KRDG.
It shows seven nearby NDBs, but none are near 355, or have IDs
similar to "RD".

73,

Stewart

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Barick" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] RD ident

> Hi Roger,
> 
> FB on that converter. Did you use the boards from Far Circuits as
> described in the QST article for that unit?
> 
> Well, on the RD sig at 355, are you familiar with several of the NDB
> lists available for lookups? One is on the LWCA site:
> http://www.lwca.org/
> 
> If you go there, click LF Utility Stations in the left-hand box, next
> screen to Navigational Aids,  next to Navaids. There one can enter some
> info element, e.g., RD, or frequency,  as 355, for lookup. I checked
> your current interest and several refs. were found. Now it's up to you
> to determine if what was received was that listed in Alaska! or  the
> local across town. ;-} The reason for the interpretation is that many
> NDBs can have the same freq., though not close to each other to
> interfere, usually.
> 
> Note, there are other Nav Lists. Possibly others will share their
> favorites.
> 
> Peter
> -------------------------------------
> >>> [email protected] 05/02/02 04:53AM >>>
> Hello, All!
> 
> This is I am sure a real 'newbie' question.
> 
> I have just built and am trying out the AMRAD upconverter from the
> April
> QST, which I am using with my FT1000 as IF from 4.0 to 4.5 MHz.
> 
> With a 50 foot indoor longwire I am hearing a CW (A2) station at 355
> KHz,
> that constantly ID's as 'RD'.
> 
> Does anyone have any details on power, location, etc for this station?
> 
> I haven't been able to find it via web searches.
> 
> I have a lot of noise here and am not hearing much else yet.
> 
> I am also building the active antenna from QST, but haven't done the
> copper
> metal working for that yet.
> 
> When I get that done I'll need to work on eliminating the noises, too.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Roger Rehr
> W3SZ   FN20ah
> 2 Merrymount Road
> Reading, PA  19609-1718
> http://www.qsl.net/w3sz 