[Milsurplus] Radio Ranges - Ruminations on the LF/MF band.

[Sheldon Daitch]

Mike,

thanks. 

The only close-in NDB for KAGS is the Emory beacon,
an Initial Approach Fix for the ILS or
Localizer 17 approach and it is in the wrong location.
Emory beacon is off 15th Street, just south of the
Wrightsboro Road intersection, and to the west
of the railroad yard.  Been there.

I just noticed one interesting point about approach,
though, EMR beacon is no longer the step down fix,
EMR creates a radial for the stepdown fix, with
EMR being just slightly off the extended centerline
of the runway.  It has been years wince I've looked
at an AGS plate and I don't remember it being that way.

Sheldon



Mike Morrow wrote:

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>>Radio ranges were before my (pilot) time, but I wonder if
>>anyone happens to have the older nav charts for the
>>Augusta, GA area, if there was a radio range TX site to
>>the south of the city, possibly feeding either Daniel
>>Field or Bush Field.
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>LF/MF ranges still survive as non-directional beacons, rather than those directional A-N beacons that disappeared in the US more than 40 to 50 years ago.  I don't know how much longer NDBs will survive, as ADF sets are rapidly being replaced by GPS units even in small private aircraft.
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>Today, in the vicinity of the airport that you mention, the following URL gives the details of all the radio communications and navigation aids, including several NDBs:
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