RE: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

["Paul Hopfgarten" <hopfgapr@sprynet.com>]

Peter:

Excellent REM tune BTW...

There's a beacon here in Derry at 338 kHz and I wonder if you ever pick it
up? I have picked up Nantucket at (I believe) 190 kHz on ocassion on my RS
DX-398. BTW.....What's playing on your TX W221AG these days? (IIRC, it used
to be whatever was on 99.5? or was it 96.9?)

-Paul Hopfgarten
Derry NH
(RHS 75)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Peter
> George
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 5:00 PM
> To: Garrett Wollman; Sven Franklyn Weil
> Cc: Boston Radio Interest
> Subject: Re: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
>
>
> Most, if not, all LW NDB's (Non-directional beacons)
> in the USA and Canada operate in the AM mode with
> identifier tones keyed 1020 Hz continuously in the
> United States, and 440 Hz continuously in Canada with
> a long-dash after the identifier (the set of letters
> to denote the airport or the outer-marker).  You can
> especially hear these beacons late at night from
> Canada.  In the States, most beacons are in the 25
> watt range.  In Canada, a little more.  Try 404 Khz
> some night.  You may hear the beacon "BC" from Baie
> Comeau, Quebec.  I got a QSL from "YWA" (516 kHz) from
> Petawawa, Ontario.  This little beacon with 50 watts,
> has been heard throughout the USA on a cold winter
> night.  Good luck!
>
> -Pete (K1XRB)
>
> >
> > I think most beacons broadcast in CW, not AM.
> >
> > -GAWollman
> >
>
>
> =====
> Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
> Whitman, Massachusetts
>                            "Scanning the bands since 1967"
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