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

[Sean Barton]

Sheldon,

According to my AAF Radio Facility Chart of Dec 15, 1944, there was an A-N 
beacon at Daniel on 385kc.  The tower is listed at 272kc.  The Bush tower is 
listed at 3550kc during daylight hours.

Sean

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sheldon Daitch" <sdaitch at mor.ibb.gov>
To: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at arrl.net>
Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Radio Ranges - Ruminations on the LF/MF band.


> 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:
>
>>Sheldon wrote:
>>
>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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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