Re: Longwave station "LQ"

["Brian T. Vita" <brian_vita@cssinc.com>]

You are referring to non-directional beacons (NDB's) that pilots use for
navigation.  The FAA is in the process of phasing them out since the newer
VHF and GPS systems are available, cost effective and provide more detail to
the information.  The NDB band ranges from 190 to 535kHz.

Here's the link to the FAA online version of the Aeronautical Information
Manual that is published for pilots that pertains to NDB's

http://www.faa.gov/AIM/Chap1/aim0101.html#1-1-2


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Glazer" <hmglaz@webtv.net>
To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 1:04 PM
Subject: Longwave station "LQ"


> I noticed on a weekend trip to Boston that the longwave station with the
> Morse identifier of "LQ," at 382 KHz, is gone.
>
> I believe the transmitter was in Lynn or Revere. It broadcast
> aeronautical weather (with a human announcer) while the Morse identifier
> beeped away underneath.
>
> The station was on the air on my last visit, about two weeks ago. Anyone
> know when the final signoff was, and whether "TUK" (193 KHz), the
> Nantucket aero weather beacon, will suffer (or has suffered) the same
> fate?
>
> Howard
>